Why am I getting "No such file or directory" when I try to execute a binary?

Question

I'm trying to execute the firefox binary:

root@454316a1a89a:/tmp/firefox-portable# ls -la
total 220
drwxr-xr-x  4 jenkins jenkins   4096 Mar 18 21:15 .
drwxrwxrwt  1 root    root      4096 Mar 18 21:48 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 jenkins jenkins 202720 Feb 21 17:47 firefox

but when I try to execute it, I get the following error message:

root@454316a1a89a:/tmp/firefox-portable# ./firefox
bash: ./firefox: No such file or directory

Check whether it's a script. If it is, check whether its interpreter is correctly set on the initial `#!`-line. — Kusalananda, Mar 18 '19 at 22:02
it's a binary file, downloaded from : https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/60.5.2esr/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-60.5.2esr.tar.bz2 — AHmedRef, Mar 18 '19 at 22:03
The archive appears to contain a 32-bit binary, which I suspect you are trying to run on a 64-bit system — steeldriver, Mar 18 '19 at 22:07
standard ff 64 bit is at https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ — Scott Stensland, Mar 18 '19 at 23:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '19 at 22:13

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im trying to executing a 32-bits binary on 64-bit system, thank's @steeldriver

answered Mar 18 '19 at 22:13

AHmedRef

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This does provide an answer: the reason executing the binary produces a “No such file or directory” error is that the user is trying to run a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system. – Stephen Kitt Mar 19 '19 at 13:07

Why am I getting "No such file or directory" when I try to execute a binary?

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