Installation

installation problem

jahanarak
Observer

[root@uf5 opt]# cd /opt/splunkforwarder/bin
[root@uf5 bin]# ./splunk start --accept-license
bash: ./splunk: cannot execute binary file
[root@uf5 bin]# bash path/to/mynewshell.sh
bash: path/to/mynewshell.sh: No such file or directory

how can i fix that showing 

bash: ./splunk: cannot execute binary file. please help me

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The most likely cause (apart from an error in transfer but that should trigger an error in unpacking the software) is that you downloaded a release for a wrong architecture (i.e. you're trying to run a 64-bit executable on a 32-bit machine).

 

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sushi
Explorer

Please tell me more information.

- OS
- Splunk version
- How to install (tar?rpm?)

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