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I was hopping that by copying the c-binary whereis from an Ubuntu 10.4 box to my Android tablet /system/bin folder would work, but somehow it doesn't.

It gives me:

bash: /syste/bin/whereis: cannot execute binary file

I used the program root explorer in Android to give permission rwxr-xr-x and suid to this file, but still not luck.

any suggestion on what to do to make it work?

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You need to compile the binary from source that it can run in Android with ARM processors. The binary from Ubuntu will not run on your phone.

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thank you, and how do I compile 'whereis' binary from source, I'm noobie.
The answer below shows you how to get the source and you need to install make. Now you have to get into detail: There are special build parameters to build an x86 binary or one for x86_64 or ARM. I haven't done this so far, so you have to use your favourite search engine.

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