On Apr 19, 2011, at 3:37 , Sravya Tamma wrote: > b) which operating system (output of "uname -a") > Linux sandbox2. I am not the root user and i do not have permission. This is not the complete output of "uname -a", is it? It misses some crucial information, could you please post the complete line? > For installation i just downloaded the precompiled binary for linux > (mira_3.2.1.13_dev_linux-gnu_i686_32_static.tar.bz2) , unpacked into my home > directory: Hmmm ... that gives a hint of what could be the problem. Still, uname -a please :-) B.