# 3d Slicer in Ubuntu 16.04
**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284 "2020-04-24T10:05:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@CHRIS\_HUYNH](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/CHRIS_HUYNH)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/1 "2020-04-24T10:05:10Z")
Hi,
I’m trying to run 3D Slicer in ubuntu 16.04.
I’ve downloaded the Linux version of slicer, opened the tar.gz file and copied over the containing folder to a different location.
I’m trying to run the command ./Slicer but it brings up an error saying:
“bash: ./Slicer: cannot execute binany file: Exec format error”
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### Author:  [@manjula](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/manjula)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/2 "2020-04-24T11:43:07Z")
Did you made the Slicer file executable ?
Also is the the correct bit ? 32/64
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### Author:  [@CHRIS\_HUYNH](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/CHRIS_HUYNH)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/3 "2020-04-24T11:59:57Z")
Hi Manjula,
I think the issue was that i had 32-bit ubuntu 16.04 operating system. I’m going to reinstall a 64 bit ubuntu 16.04 and see if that fixes the issue.
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### Author:  [@manjula](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/manjula)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/4 "2020-04-24T12:19:58Z")
yes i think the default one that you download is 64 bit. otherwise you need to build it from the source if you want to do it in 32bit.
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### Author:  [@motive2791](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/motive2791)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/5 "2025-05-28T11:29:43Z")
i met this too
i am sure i download the correct version
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### Author:  [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/6 "2025-05-28T12:24:45Z")
I doubt you can make current slicer work on an OS that old, but probably an old download would still run.
> **[SPKC](https://slicer-packages.kitware.com/#collection/5f4474d0e1d8c75dfc70547e/folder/5f4474d0e1d8c75dfc705482)**
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### Author:  [@motive2791](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/motive2791)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/3d-slicer-in-ubuntu-16-04/11284/7 "2025-05-28T12:31:34Z")
i find the final reason , my ubuntu is arm64 and slicer just support amd64 😂