32-bit binary does not run on x86_64, ldd not a dynamic executable

Question

Hi,
I switched from Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64 to arch linux x86_64 a short while ago and have an issue running 32-bit proprietary binary that dynamically links to some libraries.
ldd insists "not a dynamic executable"
How am I supposed to resolve the issue? Running this 32-bit binary using 64-bit Ubuntu was never an issue.
Best Regards,
Cetin Sert

Answer 1

I installed all the lib32 libraries but I still get the same error:
[cetin@unique bin]$ pacman -Qs lib32-*
local/lib32-alsa-lib 1.0.20-1 (lib32)
    An alternative implementation of Linux sound support
local/lib32-atk 1.26.0-1 (lib32)
    A library providing a set of interfaces for accessibility
local/lib32-cairo 1.8.8-1 (lib32)
    Cairo vector graphics library
local/lib32-curl 7.19.6-1 (lib32)
    An URL retrival utility and library
local/lib32-db 4.7.25.4-1 (lib32)
    The Berkeley DB embedded database system
local/lib32-dbus-core 1.2.14-1
    Freedesktop.org message bus system
local/lib32-e2fsprogs 1.41.8-2.1
    Ext2 filesystem utilities
local/lib32-expat 2.0.1-2 (lib32)
    An XML Parser library written in C
local/lib32-fontconfig 2.6.0-2 (lib32)
    A library for configuring and customizing font access
local/lib32-freetype2 2.3.9-2 (lib32)
    TrueType font rendering library
local/lib32-gcc-libs 4.4.1-1 (lib32)
    The GNU Compiler Collection
local/lib32-glib2 2.20.4-1 (lib32)
    Common C routines used by GTK+ 2.4 and other libs
local/lib32-glibc 2.10.1-4 (lib32)
    GNU C Library (32 Bit)
local/lib32-gnutls 2.8.3-1 (lib32)
    A library which provides a secure layer over a reliable transport layer
local/lib32-gtk2 2.16.5-1 (lib32)
    The GTK+ Toolkit (v2)
local/lib32-heimdal 1.2.1-5 (lib32)
    Heimdal Kerberos V5 libraries
local/lib32-libart-lgpl 2.3.20-1 (lib32)
    A library for high-performance 2D graphics
local/lib32-libcups 1.3.11-1 (lib32)
    The CUPS Printing System
local/lib32-libdrm 2.4.12-1 (lib32)
    Userspace interface to kernel DRM services
local/lib32-libgcrypt 1.4.4-2 (lib32)
    Libgcrypt is a general purpose crypto library based on the code used
local/lib32-libgpg-error 1.6-1.1 (lib32)
    Support library for libgcrypt
local/lib32-libice 1.0.5-1 (lib32)
    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
local/lib32-libjpeg 7-1 (lib32)
    Library of JPEG support functions
local/lib32-libpng 1.2.39-1 (lib32)
    A collection of routines used to create PNG format graphics files
local/lib32-libsm 1.1.1-1 (lib32)
    X11 Session Management library
local/lib32-libstdc++5 3.3.6-3 (lib32)
    GNU Standard C++ library version 3
local/lib32-libtasn1 2.2-1 (lib32)
    The ASN.1 library used in GNUTLS
local/lib32-libtiff 3.9.0-1 (lib32)
    Library for manipulation of TIFF images
local/lib32-libx11 1.2.2-1 (lib32)
    X11 client-side library
local/lib32-libxau 1.0.4-1 (lib32)
    X11 authorisation library
local/lib32-libxcb 1.4-1 (lib32)
    X11 client-side library
local/lib32-libxcomposite 0.4.0-2 (lib32)
    X11 Composite extension library
local/lib32-libxcursor 1.1.9-2 (lib32)
    X cursor management library
local/lib32-libxdamage 1.1.1-2 (lib32)
    X11 damaged region extension library
local/lib32-libxdmcp 1.0.2-2 (lib32)
    X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library
local/lib32-libxext 1.0.5-2 (lib32)
    X11 miscellaneous extensions library
local/lib32-libxfixes 4.0.3-2 (lib32)
    X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extension library
local/lib32-libxft 2.1.13-1 (lib32)
    FreeType-based font drawing library for X
local/lib32-libxi 1.2.1-1 (lib32)
    X11 Input extension library
local/lib32-libxinerama 1.0.3-2 (lib32)
    X11 Xinerama extension library
local/lib32-libxml2 2.7.3-3 (lib32)
    XML parsing library, version 2
local/lib32-libxmu 1.0.4-2 (lib32)
    X11 miscellaneous micro-utility library
local/lib32-libxrandr 1.3.0-1 (lib32)
    X11 RandR extension library
local/lib32-libxrender 0.9.4-2 (lib32)
    X Rendering Extension client library
local/lib32-libxslt 1.1.24-2 (lib32)
    XML stylesheet transformation library
local/lib32-libxss 1.2.0-1 (lib32)
    X11 Screen Saver extension library
local/lib32-libxt 1.0.6-1 (lib32)
    X11 toolkit intrinsics library
local/lib32-libxtst 1.0.3-2 (lib32)
    X11 Testing -- Resource extension library
local/lib32-libxv 1.0.4-1 (lib32)
    X11 Video extension library
local/lib32-libxxf86vm 1.0.2-1 (lib32)
    X11 XFree86 video mode extension library
local/lib32-lzo2 2.03-1 (lib32)
    LZO is a portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C
local/lib32-mesa 7.5-2 (lib32)
    Mesa OpenGL library
local/lib32-nas 1.9.2-1 (lib32)
    Network Audio System is a network transparent, client/server audio transport system
local/lib32-ncurses 5.7-2 (lib32)
    A System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library
local/lib32-nspr 4.8-1 (lib32)
    Netscape Portable Runtime
local/lib32-nss 3.12.3.1-1 (lib32)
    Mozilla's Netscape Security Services Library that implements PKI support
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 185.18.36-1 (lib32)
    NVIDIA drivers utilities and libraries.
local/lib32-openal 1.8.466-1 (lib32)
    OpenAL audio library for use with opengl
local/lib32-opencdk 0.6.6-1.1 (lib32)
    The Open Crypto Development Kit provides basic parts of the OpenPGP message format
local/lib32-openssl 0.9.8k-4 (lib32)
    The Open Source toolkit for Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security
local/lib32-pango 1.24.5-1.1 (lib32)
    A library for layout and rendering of text
local/lib32-pciutils 3.1.3-1 (lib32)
    PCI bus configuration space access library and tools
local/lib32-pcre 7.9-1 (lib32)
    A library that implements Perl 5-style regular expressions
local/lib32-pixman 0.14.0-2 (lib32)
    Pixman library
local/lib32-qt 4.5.2-6 (lib32)
    The QT gui toolkit.
local/lib32-qt3 3.3.8-12 (lib32)
    The QT gui toolkit.
local/lib32-readline 6.0.004-1 (lib32)
    GNU readline library
local/lib32-sdl 1.2.13-3 (lib32)
    A library for portable low-level access to a video framebuffer, audio output, mouse, and keyboard
local/lib32-sqlite3 3.6.17-1 (lib32)
    A C library that implements an SQL database engine
local/lib32-util-linux-ng 2.16-1
    Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
local/lib32-xcb-util 0.3.6-1 (lib32)
    Utility libraries for XC Binding
local/lib32-zlib 1.2.3.3-3 (lib32)
    A compression/decompression Library
[cetin@unique bin]$
[cetin@unique bin]$
[cetin@unique bin]$
[cetin@unique bin]$ ldd Adifor2.1
Adifor2.1          Adifor2.1-Linux86 
[cetin@unique bin]$ ldd Adifor2.1-Linux86
    not a dynamic executable
if i create a chroot environment can 64-bit programs in our tool chain call the 32-bit binary using exactly the same ways they would do on a working multilib environment? btw vanilla ubuntu 9.04 64-bit has the same issue, so I'm a bit at a loss now hehe.