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Benjamin Slade transcribed 807 bytes:
> I'm still getting to grips with Guix, so a fairly basic question which
> seems connected:  how do I execute a binary? So for instance, I can
> download a precompiled binary for the kitty terminal app:
> https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary.html
> 
> But when I try to execute it in Guix, I get the message:
> "./kitty: No such file or directory"
> 
> I tried symlinking /bin/bash and /usr/bin/env, but this didn't help.
> 
> I'm sure something in the manual or this thread probably answers this,
> but I often find I can generalise from concrete examples better than vice-versa.
> 
> -- 
> Benjamin Slade - https://babbagefiles.xyz
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> 

In this case you have to use patchelf, and use the conventional Unix
tools to figure out what's missing in rpath and interpreter.

As far as I can guess.