Fails for me too, with a clean ubuntu 12.04 LTS install:
> cd /usr/share/scrivener/bin
quesada@ubuntu /u/s/s/bin> ls
accessible/ bearer/ graphicssystems/ imageformats/ phonon_backend/ resources/ Scrivener* Tutorial.scriv/
Aspell/ codecs/ iconengines/ inputmethods/ reportdmp* rtfi* scrivener.sh*
quesada@ubuntu /u/s/s/bin> ./Scrivener
Failed to execute process './Scrivener'. Reason:
The file './Scrivener' does not exist or could not be executed.
Some more info:
[code]ls -R /usr/share/scrivener
/usr/share/scrivener:
bin/ lib/ licence.htm readme.txt translations/
/usr/share/scrivener/bin:
accessible/ bearer/ graphicssystems/ imageformats/ phonon_backend/ resources/ Scrivener* Tutorial.scriv/
Aspell/ codecs/ iconengines/ inputmethods/ reportdmp* rtfi* scrivener.sh*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/accessible:
libqtaccessiblecompatwidgets.so* libqtaccessiblewidgets.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Aspell:
bin/ Copyright data/ dict/ en.prepl en.pws Licence
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Aspell/bin:
aspell-15.dll aspell.exe pspell-15.dll word-list-compress.exe
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Aspell/data:
af.dat cs.dat en.dat ia.dat iso8859-3.dat koi8-f.dat nb.dat ru_phonet.dat tl.dat
ASCII.dat cy.dat en_phonet.dat id.dat iso8859-4.dat koi8-r.dat nl.dat rw.dat tn.dat
bg.dat da.dat eo.dat is.dat iso8859-5.dat koi8-u.dat nn.dat sc.dat tr.dat
bg_phonet.dat da_phonet.dat es.dat iso8859-10.dat iso8859-6.dat ku.dat no.dat sk.dat uk.dat
br.dat de.dat fo.dat iso8859-13.dat iso8859-7.dat mg.dat ny.dat sl.dat viscii.dat
br_phonet.dat de_phonet.dat fo_phonet.dat iso8859-14.dat iso8859-8.dat mk.dat pl.dat standard.kbd wa.dat
bulgarian.kbd dvorak.kbd fr.dat iso8859-15.dat iso8859-9.dat ms.dat pt.dat sv.dat wa_phonet.dat
ca.dat el.dat fr_phonet.dat iso8859-1.dat is_phonet.dat mt.dat ro.dat sv_phonet.dat zu.dat
cp1251.dat el_phonet.dat hr.dat iso8859-2.dat it.dat mt_phonet.dat ru.dat sw.dat
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Aspell/dict:
af.multi danish.alias esponol.alias fr_FR-med.alias kurdi.alias portuguese.alias suisse-med.alias
afrikaans.alias dansk.alias faroese.alias fr_FR-sml.alias kurdish.alias portugu?s.alias suisse-sml.alias
american.alias deutsch.alias francais-40.alias fr-lrg.alias macedonian.alias romaneste.alias svenska.alias
american-w-accents.alias dutch.alias francais-60.alias fr-med.alias malagasy.alias romanian.alias swahili.alias
bg.multi en_CA.multi francais-80.alias f++royskt.alias malay.alias rom?ne?te.alias swedish.alias
bokmal.alias en_CA-only.rws francais.alias f+?royskt.alias maltese.alias russian.alias swiss.alias
bokmsl.alias en_CA-w-accents.multi francais-lrg.alias fr-sml.alias malti.alias rw.multi sw.multi
brazilian.alias en_GBAugmented.rws francais-med.alias fslenska.alias mg.multi sardinian.alias tagalog.alias
breton.alias en_GB.multi francais-sml.alias german.alias mk.multi sc.multi tl.multi
brezhoneg.alias en_GB-only.rws fr_CH-lrg.alias greek.alias ms.multi setswana.alias tn.multi
british.alias en_GB-w-accents.multi fr_CH-med.alias hr.multi mt.multi sl.multi tr.multi
british-w-accents.alias english.alias fr_CH-sml.alias ia.multi nb.multi slovak.alias tswana.alias
bulgarian.alias en.multi french-40.alias icelandic.alias nn.multi slovenian.alias ukrainian.alias
canadian.alias en-only.rws french-60.alias id.multi no.alias spanish.alias walloon.alias
canadian-w-accents.alias en_USAugmented.rws french-80.alias indonesian.alias norsk.alias srd.alias walon.alias
catalan.alias en_US.multi french.alias interlingua.alias norwegian.alias suisse-40.alias wa.multi
chewa.alias en_US-only.rws french-lrg.alias is.multi nyanja.alias suisse-60.alias welsh.alias
chichewa.alias en_US-w-accents.multi french-med.alias italian.alias ny.multi suisse-80.alias zulu.alias
croatian.alias espa?ol.alias french-sml.alias kiswahili.alias nynorsk.alias suisse.alias zu.multi
czech.alias esperanto.alias fr_FR-lrg.alias ku.multi polish.alias suisse-lrg.alias
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/bearer:
libqgenericbearer.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/codecs:
libqcncodecs.so* libqjpcodecs.so* libqkrcodecs.so* libqtwcodecs.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/graphicssystems:
libqtracegraphicssystem.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/iconengines:
libqsvgicon.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/imageformats:
libqgif.so* libqico.so* libqjpeg.so* libqmng.so* libqsvg.so* libqtga.so* libqtiff.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/inputmethods:
libqimsw-multi.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/phonon_backend:
libphonon_gstreamer.so*
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/resources:
camera_click.wav icon.ico manual-win-letter.pdf Scrivener_en.qm toolbox/
css/ iconRELEASE.ico Scrivener Default Shortcuts.pdf scriv.ico
How to add spelling words/ manual-win-a4.pdf Scrivener Default Shortcuts.xls scrivx.ico
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/resources/css:
stylesheet.css
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/resources/How to add spelling words:
How to add words to dictionary.txt UKExampleFile.txt USExampleFile.txt
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/resources/toolbox:
namestool/
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/resources/toolbox/namestool:
alias defaults
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv:
Files/ project.scrivx Settings/ Snapshots/
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv/Files:
binder.autosave binder.backup Docs/ ProjectNotes/ search.indexes version.txt
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv/Files/Docs:
10.links 17.rtf 22_notes.rtf 29_notes.rtf 36.rtf 4.links 54.links 6.links
10_notes.rtf 17_synopsis.txt 22.rtf 29.rtf 36_synopsis.txt 4_notes.rtf 54_notes.rtf 6_notes.rtf
10.rtf 18.links 24.links 29_synopsis.txt 37.links 4.rtf 54.rtf 6.rtf
10_synopsis.txt 18_notes.rtf 24.rtf 30.links 37_notes.rtf 4_synopsis.txt 57.links 6_synopsis.txt
11.links 18.rtf 24_synopsis.txt 30_notes.rtf 37.pdf 50.links 57_notes.rtf 7.links
11.rtf 18_synopsis.txt 26.links 30.rtf 37_synopsis.txt 50_notes.rtf 57.rtf 7_notes.rtf
11_synopsis.txt 19.links 26_notes.rtf 31.links 41.links 50.rtf 57_synopsis.txt 7.rtf
13.links 19_notes.rtf 26.rtf 31.rtf 41_notes.rtf 50_synopsis.txt 5.links 7_synopsis.txt
13_notes.rtf 19.rtf 26_synopsis.txt 32.links 41.rtf 51.links 5_notes.rtf 8.links
13.rtf 20.links 27.links 32_notes.rtf 44.jpg 51.rtf 5.rtf 8_notes.rtf
13_synopsis.txt 20_notes.rtf 27_notes.rtf 32.rtf 44.links 52.links 5_synopsis.txt 8.rtf
14.links 20.rtf 27.rtf 32_synopsis.txt 44_notes.rtf 52_notes.rtf 60.links docs.checksum
14_notes.rtf 21.links 28.links 34.links 48.links 52.rtf 60.rtf
14.rtf 21_notes.rtf 28_synopsis.txt 34.rtf 48_notes.rtf 53.links 60_synopsis.txt
17.links 21.rtf 28.wav 36.links 48.rtf 53_notes.rtf 62.links
17_notes.rtf 22.links 29.links 36_notes.rtf 48_synopsis.txt 53.rtf 62.rtf
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv/Files/ProjectNotes:
index.xml Note-10.rtf
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv/Settings:
compile.ini scriptformat.xml ui.ini
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv/Snapshots:
22.snapshots/
/usr/share/scrivener/bin/Tutorial.scriv/Snapshots/22.snapshots:
2006-08-23-19-33-44+0000.rtf index.xml
/usr/share/scrivener/lib:
libphonon.la libQtGui.la libQtScript.la libQtSql.so@ libQtWebKit.so@
libphonon.prl libQtGui.prl libQtScript.prl libQtSql.so.4@ libQtWebKit.so.4@
libphonon.so@ libQtGui.so@ libQtScript.so@ libQtSql.so.4.8@ libQtWebKit.so.4.9@
libphonon.so.4@ libQtGui.so.4@ libQtScript.so.4@ libQtSql.so.4.8.0* libQtWebKit.so.4.9.0*
libphonon.so.4.4@ libQtGui.so.4.8@ libQtScript.so.4.8@ libQtSvg.la libQtXml.la
libphonon.so.4.4.0* libQtGui.so.4.8.0* libQtScript.so.4.8.0* libQtSvg.prl libQtXmlPatterns.la
libQt3Support.la libQtMultimedia.la libQtScriptTools.la libQtSvg.so@ libQtXmlPatterns.prl
libQt3Support.prl libQtMultimedia.prl libQtScriptTools.prl libQtSvg.so.4@ libQtXmlPatterns.so@
libQt3Support.so@ libQtMultimedia.so@ libQtScriptTools.so@ libQtSvg.so.4.8@ libQtXmlPatterns.so.4@
libQt3Support.so.4@ libQtMultimedia.so.4@ libQtScriptTools.so.4@ libQtSvg.so.4.8.0* libQtXmlPatterns.so.4.8@
libQt3Support.so.4.8@ libQtMultimedia.so.4.8@ libQtScriptTools.so.4.8@ libQtTest.la libQtXmlPatterns.so.4.8.0*
libQt3Support.so.4.8.0* libQtMultimedia.so.4.8.0* libQtScriptTools.so.4.8.0* libQtTest.prl libQtXml.prl
libQtCore.la libQtNetwork.la libQtSolutions_MMLWidget-2.4.so@ libQtTest.so@ libQtXml.so@
libQtCore.prl libQtNetwork.prl libQtSolutions_MMLWidget-2.4.so.1@ libQtTest.so.4@ libQtXml.so.4@
libQtCore.so@ libQtNetwork.so@ libQtSolutions_MMLWidget-2.4.so.1.0@ libQtTest.so.4.8@ libQtXml.so.4.8@
libQtCore.so.4@ libQtNetwork.so.4@ libQtSolutions_MMLWidget-2.4.so.1.0.0* libQtTest.so.4.8.0* libQtXml.so.4.8.0*
libQtCore.so.4.8@ libQtNetwork.so.4.8@ libQtSql.la libQtWebKit.la pkgconfig/
libQtCore.so.4.8.0* libQtNetwork.so.4.8.0* libQtSql.prl libQtWebKit.prl
/usr/share/scrivener/lib/pkgconfig:
phonon.pc QtCore.pc QtMultimedia.pc QtScript.pc QtSql.pc QtTest.pc QtXmlPatterns.pc
Qt3Support.pc QtGui.pc QtNetwork.pc QtScriptTools.pc QtSvg.pc QtWebKit.pc QtXml.pc
/usr/share/scrivener/translations:
qt_ar.qm qt_fa.qm qt_help_de.qm qt_help_ko.qm qt_help_zh_CN.qm qt_ko.qm qt_sk.qm qt_zh_TW.qm Scrivener_it.qm Scrivener_scifi.qm
qt_cs.qm qt_fr.qm qt_help_fr.qm qt_help_pl.qm qt_help_zh_TW.qm qt_lt.qm qt_sl.qm Scrivener_bg.qm Scrivener_nl.qm Scrivener_sl.qm
qt_da.qm qt_gl.qm qt_help_gl.qm qt_help_ru.qm qt_he.qm qt_pl.qm qt_sv.qm Scrivener_de.qm Scrivener_pl.qm Scrivener_tr.qm
qt_de.qm qt_help_cs.qm qt_help_hu.qm qt_help_sl.qm qt_hu.qm qt_pt.qm qt_uk.qm Scrivener_en.qm Scrivener_pt.qm Scrivener_uk.qm
qt_es.qm qt_help_da.qm qt_help_ja.qm qt_help_uk.qm qt_ja.qm qt_ru.qm qt_zh_CN.qm Scrivener_fr.qm Scrivener_ru.qm Scrivener_zh-tw.qm[/code]
Advice from Kona solved my problem: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=20489#p144753
Packager, you just need to make ia32-libs a requirement. Otherwise, most of the users, who are on 64 bit systems, would have to go through this ordeal, or fail to install. Given that this package has been out for a while, and it’s still broken on 64 bit, I’d seek professional help on packaging.
(Solved for me; good luck)