Installing Dash

[jmbott]

Hello,

I am attempting to run EKM Dash on my linux computer. I have downloaded the file and unzipped it. The EKM Dash is labeled as a executable (application/x-executable) file. However when I attempt to execute the file I get "No such file or directory". If I simply open the file in the GUI nothing happens. I havent been able to find any information on this. Am I missing something obvious?

~/Downloads$ ls -l /usr/local

total 11680
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jul 25 12:59 bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 engine engine 11919067 Jun 25 13:16 EKM Dash
drwx------ 3 engine engine 4096 Aug 6 13:10 EKM Dash Libs
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jul 25 12:59 etc
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jul 25 12:59 games
drwxr-sr-x 12 root staff 4096 Jul 31 12:00 go
drwxrwsr-x 4 root staff 4096 Jul 29 16:01 include
drwxrwsr-x 6 root staff 4096 Aug 5 14:56 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 9 Jul 25 12:59 man -> share/man
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jul 25 12:59 sbin
drwxrwsr-x 7 root staff 4096 Jul 25 13:09 share
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Jul 25 12:59 src

~/Downloads$ "/usr/local/EKM Dash"
bash: /usr/local/EKM Dash: No such file or directory

[Jameson]

Hello jmbott,

Can you let us know what flavor of Linux you are running?

Also, please note that the EKM Dash software can only work with x86 type processors. It is not able to work with ARM type processors (unfortunately this cuts out the Raspberry Pi).

Thanks,

[jmbott]

Thank you for the reply.

I am running Debian on a 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i3-3227U Processor (1.90GHz 1600MHz 3MB). My Linux kernel is 3.15.6-amd64.

[Jameson]

This error may also indicate that you are using 64-bit linux.

The EKM Dash only works (natively) on 32-bit linux. If you want to run Dash on 64-bit linux then you need to install the 32-bit compatibility libraries.

These are the commands for Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

or

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

Thanks, let us know how it goes!

[jmbott]

Thanks for the help. However it did not work. I also ran the following which allowes me to install the ia32-libs but unfortunately I get the same result.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

[Jameson]

Hello jmbott,

Will you email us so that we can setup a screenshare?

What model of EKM meters are you using?

[dandelot]

One thing about Dash: the library files are under the name "EKM Dash Libs"
(the spelling is critial, the dlopen() calls require that name-with-spaces,
and dash executable should be in the same directory.

Moreover, though the executable name is "EMK Dash" with a space,
which is pretty annoying, the spelling of the executable name
turns out to be critical. Run it as EKMDash
and things go badly.

Just realized this today.

[Jameson]

Thanks for the clarification Dandelot,

Wanted to link over to this post in the forum where you also posted: http://forum.ekmmetering.com/viewtopic. ... 5902#p5902

Thanks