Failed to execute file 'fbc"

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eddicus
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Failed to execute file 'fbc"

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Installed on Xubuntu 16.04, all went according to plan, installed dependencies with no issues, I try to execute fbc from either the extracted Downloads directory where I have full rights, or from /usr/local/bin, same result. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Re: Failed to execute file 'fbc"

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Could it be a 32bit vs 64bit issue? If it's a 32bit executable (like fbc from the FB-x.xx.x-linux-x86 package) on a 64bit Ubuntu, the libc6-i386 package needs to be installed, to allow running the 32bit executable. On the other hand, a 64bit executable (like fbc from the FB-x.xx.x-linux-x86_64 package) doesn't work on a 32bit system.

Furthermore, fbc depends on some shared libraries, most importantly libncurses5 (or libncurses5:i386 for 32bit on a 64bit system). This can be checked by running ldd ./path/to/fbc in the terminal.
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