Re: Ubuntu 14.04 - gnat downloaded from libre.adacore vs apt-get

[brbarkstrom@gmail.com]

> >
> > i had to reimage my Ubuntu system to 14.04. I got gnat installed successfully.
> >
> > gnatmake --version
> >
> > reports 4.6
> >
> > I would like to install the ARM version of gnat. When I install the version
> > I download from the libre.Adacore site, The executables such as gps_exe do not "run".
>  > The shell says "No such file or directory". Even though the PATH variable is 
> updated correctly
>  > and which gps_exe correctly identifies the executable correctly.
> 
> Just a comment to this point "no such file or directory" while the file is there:
> 
> this is tipical for an executable with wrong architecture. This would happen for
> example with a 32 bit binary executed on a 64 bit system without the compatible
> 32bit libs installed.
> 
> I don't know if this also happens with a ARM executable on intel/amd cpus.
> 
> /Str.

You probably can't get the AdaCore GNAT software to install using the standard
Ubuntu procedure (apt-get and such).  See my detailed installation instructions
from the post to this web site on about Oct. 17.

Bruce B.