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Anil Arrabole
Anil Arrabole

Reputation: 4006

unable to run mongod on custom Linux

I've a device, which is running with linux kernel version 2.6. I've copied Linux 32 bit binaries of mongodb into /usr/local/bin. When I run mongod I get following output

./mongod: line 1: syntax error: unexpected "("

The output for mongo is

 /usr/local/bin # ./mongo
 ./mongo: line 1:ELFPª: not found
 ./mongo: line 2: syntax error: unexpected ")"

Can anyone tell me What could be the problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2082

Answers (2)

cl yu
cl yu

Reputation: 109

I encountered the same error when I was installing a 64 bit mongodb on a 32 bit ubuntu linux box. It went away when I installed the 32 bit package.

Upvotes: 2

jmikola
jmikola

Reputation: 6922

It appears the binary is corrupted or it is being interpreted by your shell rather than executing. I can achieve similar output if I force shell interpretation:

$ sh /usr/bin/mongod
/usr/bin/mongod: 2: /usr/bin/mongod: E: not found
/usr/bin/mongod: 3: /usr/bin/mongod: �BA��RƄ,@�@@: not found
/usr/bin/mongod: 4: /usr/bin/mongod: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
/usr/bin/mongod: 1: /usr/bin/mongod: �P�x@�4�: not found
/usr/bin/mongod: 2: /usr/bin/mongod: E�@E��: not found
/usr/bin/mongod: 2: /usr/bin/mongod: cq�1A�A�: not found
/usr/bin/mongod: 1: /usr/bin/mongod: cannot create ��Q@�/�@8: Directory nonexistent
/usr/bin/mongod: 1: /usr/bin/mongod: ELF: not found

If you're concerned that it may be a corrupted download, you could consult this list, which contain md5 hashes for each MongoDB binary release (for the 32bit i686 platform). Alternatively, you could attempt installing MongoDB via a package manager if possible.

Upvotes: 3

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