Not able to run 32-bit executable on 64-bit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux "bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory"

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Issue

  • Not able to run 32-bit executable on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Not able to run 32-bit executable on 64-bit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory.

  • How can I resolve the error below error "bad ELF interpreter:" ?

sh: /u1/blast/blast.exe: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • glibc (32 bit and 64 bit)
  • ld-linux.so.2

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