I believe current bug report describes only a particular case of this Nautilus bug. As I noticed Nautilus just doesn't detect 64 bit binaries as programs. Just boot (live session) 32 bit Ubuntu, go with Nautilus to /usr/bin . All 32 bit binaries are detected as executable binaries. Nautilus is using the program icon for all 32 binaries, and double click on any binary will start this program. Now do the same with Ubuntu 64. Go to /usr/bin . All binaries are detected as "shared library" files. Nautilus is using a generic icon for all 64 bit binaries, and double click on any brings the above message: Could not display "...program name...". There is no application installed for "shared library" files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file? Ironically 32 bit binaries are detected as executable binaries even in 64 bit Ubuntu. Nautilus is using program icons, and double click would start the program ( if only we have 32 bit libraries, used in this program). I didn't try to check sources, it could be something very simple. This problem is also in Nautilus fork, Nemo. Nemo behaves in the same way: 32 bit binaries are detected as executable binaries, when 64 bit are not. Nemo gives another message: A Unknown file type The file "..program name..." has no known programs associated with it. If you trust the source of this file, and have sufficient permissions, you can mark it executable and launch it. Or, you can use the OpenWith dialog to pick a program to associate it with. So, Nemo behaves way better, we can run the program, just after this message click the button "Make executable and run". But anyway Nemo has the same Nautilus bug by not detecting 64 binaries. . Of course, Dolphin doesn't have anything of this kind. I am planning to test Nautilus on another 64 Linux distributions and I will create another bug report, making it more generic.
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