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Old 01-31-2011
Intel binaries on PPC

Is it possible to run binaries compiled for Intel platforms running on linux on a PPC system running on linux? I have a POWER4 IBM system and like to use it as a linux box with all desktop apps on it.
# 2  
Old 01-31-2011
Short answer - no
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Old 01-31-2011
Hmm, and what about binaries for other PPC systems such as Apple?
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Old 01-31-2011
Also no.

There are 2 very important factors that determine if an application can run on a system:
  • The architecture: different architectures (x86, amd64, powerpc, ia64, ...) use different instruction sets that aren't portable to other architectures.
  • The operating system: different OS use different libraries and linking methods. So even if the instruction set is the same, the system calls will be different and thus not runnable.
# 5  
Old 01-31-2011
Sorry guys but no just isn't a good answer.

It looks like http://jpc.sourceforge.net just might do the trick :-)

Java to the rescue :-)
# 6  
Old 01-31-2011
That may or may not work depending on what you're doing. As usual, the more information you give us the better we can help you.
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Old 01-31-2011
Their are linux distributions out their for PPC. Check DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
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