Installation problem: Illegal instruction

[Deleted_U_Intel]

Hi,

I installed the "Intel Fortran Compiler for Linux 8", but I can't execute any fortran compiler commands. All commands and scripts under "/opt/intel_fc_80/bin/" stop with only the message "Illegal instruction", without any other messages.

The outline of my system:
CPU: Pentium4 2.8GHz
OS: Linux 2.2.20 (Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r2 woody)
C Libs: libc6 (glibc 2.2.5)

The installation process I made was as follows:
1. Download and untar the file "l_fc_p_8.1.018.tar.gz"
2. Make the debian package using "alien" => intel-ifort8_8.1-18_i386.deb
3. Install with "dpkg -i"
4. Replace with "/opt/intel_fc_80" ,regarding all the script files which are under the directory "/opt/intel_fc_80"
5. Put the license file ("noncommercial_for_l_xxxxxxxx.lic") under the directory "/opt/intel_fc_80/licenses

After installation, I tried to run the compiller, but any command execution (,such as "ifort xxx.f") fail with only the message "Illegal instruction"

I also tried another installation with "install.sh -finalize-only", and got same message "Illegal instruction" when shell execute "chklic.32". So I'm afraid that any license configuration is wrong.

I appreciate any help.

Thanks
Norf

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Debian is not a supported distribution, but I know some users have made it work on some versions of Debian. Perhaps some will see this and offer advice.

The only thing that comes to mind is to make sure you really did use the i386 RPM and not the Itanium one.