Cannot execute binary file

Linux and Unix-Like Fedora
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Hi all,

Probably somewhat of an obvous problem here but i'm no pro.

I just bought a PengPod1000 at pengpod.com
On it I have an image of Fedora 18.

I am trying to run an application I wrote for Fedora 14 32 bit desktop on this tablet. With all permissions setup using chmod but I get "cannot execute binary file".

On the PengPod "uname -a" returns:
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.0.57+ #5 PREEMPT Mon May 13 09:10:40 CEST 2013 armv71 armv71 GNU/Linux

On my development computer "uname -a" returns:
Linux sensorbox2 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 18 23:56:17 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

On both systems "file myapp" returns:
myapp: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[shal]=0xeda499c66fce7811472888d5004ec6d45f56712f, not stripped

Other than the two kernels being different versions here the main difference is that the PengPod using the ARM architecture which I am very unfamiliar with.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

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the fedora image is at:

barrydegraaff.tk/2013/05/pengpod1000-fedora-18-xfce-armhf.html

Thanks in advance!

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On the PengPod "uname -a" returns:
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.0.57+ #5 PREEMPT Mon May 13 09:10:40 CEST 2013 armv71 armv71 GNU/Linux

On my development computer "uname -a" returns:
Linux sensorbox2 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 18 23:56:17 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

You cannot run x86 code on an ARM system, they are totally different. It will have to be recompiled for ARM.

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Thanks Corona for the quick reply.
Makes sense.

Is there a typical way to do this?
Or any known sources of information on your end?

At the moment I don't use any development software. Just sublime text and a terminal window.

Thanks

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Two ways, either install a cross-compiler on the x86 system(probably one made specifically for pengpod) or a native compiler on the ARM machine. I tend to find it more straightforward to do the latter, on any system complete enough to support one.

Presumably you also use a compiler of some sort, to turn this text into x86 executables.

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Ya well i'm using GNU's GCC compiler.

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If you installed gcc on your pengpod and compiled the program on it, the result would be a native ARM program.

Cross-compiling is much harder. You have to get everything exactly right or it won't work. Sometimes you're lucky enough to find someone who's released a cross-compiler specific for your device and version.

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Ya I found a compiler version from CodeBench for ARM.
Ill see what happens.

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Why not gcc?