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@@ -10,3 +10,18 @@ Why is it a binary? And what can I do about this error?
 > the script (and there is output occurring before the HTTP headers are printed). Do you have access
 > to the webserver logs for your host? They might contain some clues. Are you sure that the webserver
 > is setup for CGI properly? -- [[Jon]]
+
+> Quite likely your laptop and your server do not run the same
+> OS, so the wrapper binary cannot just be copied from one
+> to the other and run. Also, the wrapper is just that, a
+> thin wrapper which then runs ikiwiki. As ikiwiki is not
+> yet installed on your server, that's another reason what
+> you're trying can't work.
+> 
+> If installing ikiwiki on the server is not possible or
+> too much work right now, you could try building your wiki
+> on your laptop with cgi disabled in the setup file. 
+> The result would be a static website that you could deploy to
+> the server this way. Of course, it wouldn't be editable
+> on the server, and other features that need the CGI would
+> also be disabled. --[[Joey]]