Linux-confluence installer (.bin file) error : Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Question

I download the confluence installer, atlassian-confluence-4.2.13-x64.bin,

I changed it to executable with  >chmod 777 atlassian-confluence-4.2.13-x64.bin,

and when I run it with > ./atlassian-confluence-4.2.13-x64.bin, I get the following error:

Unpacking JRE ...
Starting Installer ...
/mnt/archive/atlassian-confluence-4.2.13-x64.bin.1646.dir/jre/bin/java: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

What is wrong, and How can I fix it?

Thanks for answers

C.Faysal {CFcon} · Answer

Once i had this error. 
I found out i downloaded the installer for the wrong architecure. 
Check if the installer matches your hosts arch. 
32/64 bit

LuizA · Answer

Hi Bahar,

As an alternative approach I would suggest you to try to install Confluence using the tar.gz file, that you can download from this link below:

http://www.atlassian.com/en/software/confluence/post-download?file=http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/downloads/binary/atlassian-confluence-4.2.13.tar.gz

And then try to follow these instructions to install, it's easy as the installer, no worries:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF42/Installing+Confluence+on+Linux+from+Archive+File

If you still experience problems with your install after this attempt, please feel free to raise a support ticket at our support.atlassian.com and we will be glad to take a look at this problem with you in order to solve it.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

LJ.

Toby Hobson1 · Answer

I'm seeing the same problem with the latest 4.3.3 build on ubuntu: /home/ubuntu/atlassian-confluence-4.3.3-x64.bin.5105.dir/jre/bin/java: 1: /home/ubuntu/atlassian-confluence-4.3.3-x64.bin.5105.dir/jre/bin/java: Syntax error: "(" unexpected