rebol for linux mint

Started by lm on 26-Aug-2025/5:44:58-7:00
I dowwloaded rebol view (for linux) from rebol web site. When I try to launch it, it says: "required file not found". What's the problem ?
There has been some discussion in previous threads about getting the old Rebol2 releases running in Linux. Have you tried Oldes' R3 releases? https://github.com/Oldes/Rebol3/releases/tag/3.19.0
Might the current issue with Rebol2 in Mint be 32-bits vs 64-bits? R2 is pretty old, so I'm not sure it supports 64.
There have been discussions about how to get Rebol2 running in 32 bit Linux: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57994977/how-to-run-rebol-script-on-linux-64-bit https://cobolrebol.com/pages/documentation/InstallOnUbuntu1804.html Here's a summary by ChatGPT: StackOverflow – How to Run Rebol Script on Linux 64-bit When using the 32‑bit Rebol/View version on a 64‑bit Linux machine, you need to install 32‑bit X11 and related libraries. For example: sudo apt install libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxt6:i386 libxaw7:i386 libfreetype6:i386 Once installed, you can successfully run scripts like alert "Hello World" COBOLREBOL (Ubuntu 64-bit, installing and running) A detailed walkthrough for Ubuntu 18.04 (64-bit environment) explained how to set up Rebol/View (a 32‑bit executable) to work by installing necessary 32‑bit libraries: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxaw7:i386 libfreetype6:i386 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi After a system reboot, the Rebol executable launched correctly with GUI capability CobolRebol Summary & Recommendations Community experience (via StackOverflow and other documentation) reliably shows that 32-bit Rebol/View binaries can run in a 64-bit Linux environment—provided that the necessary 32-bit compatibility libraries are installed. To get REBOL running on 32-bit Linux (or a 64-bit system using 32-bit REBOL): Enable 32-bit architecture (if using a 64-bit system): sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update Install required 32-bit runtime libraries: sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxaw7:i386 libfreetype6:i386 sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi # optional, for better GUI font support Make the rebol executable runnable and test: chmod +x rebol ./rebol # or 'rebol' if in your PATH Verify GUI functionality (using alert or similar layout commands).
Oops, I meant to say, there have been discussions about how to get 32 bit Rebol2 running in 64 bit Linux.

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