lm — 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 ?
Nick — 27-Aug-2025/15:19:36-7:00
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
W^L+ — 28-Aug-2025/11:38:36-7:00
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.
Nick — 29-Aug-2025/7:46:34-7:00
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).
Nick — 29-Aug-2025/10:04:10-7:00
Oops, I meant to say, there have been discussions about how to get 32 bit Rebol2 running in 64 bit Linux.