On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 14:42, Shreedhar Patil wrote: > Hi , > I am new to Linux World. I have installed Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) > with linux kernel version 2.6.5-1.358 > Installation went fine, but I am getting error whenever log on to system --> > > -sh: /usr/local/bin/grep: cannot execute binary file > -sh: /usr/local/bin/grep: cannot execute binary file > > this error I am getting with all accounts. ( including root). I get > similar error when I tries to use vi or any other command. > -sh-2.05b$ vi > -sh: /usr/local/bin/vim: cannot execute binary file > > I checked the file permission. It's ok. ( read and executeto everyone.) > -sh-2.05b$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/vim > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 409600 Jun 16 1997 /usr/local/bin/vim > > But I use the vim from /usr/bin then I don't getany error. > > How to get rid of this error? Which configuration file should I change? > Please help me. It appears that your locally-built versions of vim and grep are for a different system. What is the output of: file /usr/local/bin/vim file /usr/local/bin/grep If the output suggests that these programs aren't built for your system, you'll need to set your PATH environment variable not to include /usr/local/bin (or umount /usr/local/bin from wherever it's mounted). Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
