"Cannot execute binary file " error on a server -> why ? Linux core?

Question

I'm trying to run Scilab on a server and when calling the Scilab-5.5.1/bin/scilab script I get :

scilab-5.5.1-32bits/bin/scilab: line 925: scilab-5.5.1-32bits/bin/scilab-bin: cannot execute binary file

I tried to compare file /bin/bash with file scilab-5.5.1-32bits/bin/scilab-bin I get :

ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped

for bash and for Scilab :

ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked (uses shared libs), stripped

Question : Is the dynamically linked/statically linked changing anything ? same question for the missing "for GNU/Linux 2.6.18" ?

The uname -a command gives me :

Linux webm339.xxl.ha.ovh.net 3.10.23-grsec-hosting-build7-web #134 SMP Wed Aug 27 12:51:49 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So is this Linux core able to run Scilab binary's ? If not Is there a way to compile Scilab sources by myself for this core ?

I precise that all files are chmod 755.

Answer 1

So I answer (it can be usefull for someone who wants scilab on a server) :

by installing libc6-dev-i386 on my 64 bit pc, I compiled (gcc -m32) an hello world which is running ...

Compiling a minimal scilab (doc here) might be a solution.

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