I'm trying to test my installation for Pickit 2 on my Mac for the first time
and when I put in: pk2cmd -?v
I get:
-bash: /usr/local/bin/pk2cmd: cannot execute binary file
How do I resolve this problem?
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Please, try to see if this link is helpfull: curuxa.org/en/Pk2cmd_manual_installation or this: waveguide.se/…– VetrasNov 6, 2014 at 17:29
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You have a binary executable file pk2cmd for a different architecture than Mac OS X. This system uses executables in the format Mach-O.
You can check the format of your executable using this command:
file /usr/local/bin/pk2cmd
See also this question: How to solve: -bash: : cannot execute binary file.
answered Nov 6, 2014 at 17:33
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The software was released both for Linux and Mac OS X. See New PICkit 2 PK2CMD v1.20 for Linux & Mac OS X Released. You probably downloaded the binaries for Linux instead of Mac OS X. Nov 6, 2014 at 18:04
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This is what i get after I put in "file /usr/local/bin/pk2cmd" = \/usr/local/bin/pk2cmd: data Nov 7, 2014 at 10:36
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the link youve sent me leads me to the pickit2 product which I already have and runs perfectly in my uni computers(Microsoft). you saying that I have to buy a completely different Pickit to run on my MAC? Nov 7, 2014 at 10:44
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@ChineduLloydAbalogu, there is also a different possibility - that the binary executable file content is corrupted. For example on nmap executable binary (extracted from the downloaded
nmap-6.47.dmg) I get:file -k nmapnmap: Mach-O i386 executable. How did you install the package? Was not the file.dmgoriginally. Did not you just rename it? ------ To your second comment: I have no slightest idea how is Pickit 2 being sold and distributed. :) Nov 7, 2014 at 11:04