[CentOS] 32 bit applications on 64 bit machine

[John R Pierce]

Rozsa Sandor wrote:
> Hi people,
>
> I have a 64 bit Centos machine. My problem is that I can't run 32 bit 
> applications on that. I can compile with the 32 bit option my sources, 
> but when I'm trying to run them I obtain the following error message:
>
> -bash: ./a.out: cannot execute binary file
> And the  file a.out returns the following:
> a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for 
> GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 
> 2.6.9, not stripped


    $ ldd ./a.out

should list any required .so libraries