# Trouble running the getting started example for balena-engine v17.12.0

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**Category:** balenaEngine\
**Tags:** raspberrypi3\
**Created:** [July 31, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trouble-running-the-getting-started-example-for-balena-engine-v17-12-0/22669 "2019-07-31T03:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![MHarris021](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MHarris021](https://forums.balena.io/u/MHarris021)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trouble-running-the-getting-started-example-for-balena-engine-v17-12-0/22669/1 "2019-07-31T03:36:01Z")

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Hello there,

I am trying to run the example on the docs section for balena-engine on my Ubuntu Desktop 19.04. I am using version 17.12.0 of balena-engine. I am able to run `sudo balena-engine pull resin/rpi-raspbian:jessie` fine, but when I run `sudo balena-engine run -it --rm resin/rpi-raspbian:jessie /bin/bash` I hit the following error: `standard_init_linux.go:195: exec user process caused "exec format error"`. I have googled the error message and it seems to be related to a processor architecture mismatch in the image vs the native running host “armv32/64 vs x86\_64” in docker/moby itself. This makes sense to me, however I was wondering if there was a way to run a raspberry-pi image/container on my x86\_64 system. Would setting up a virtual machine using the balenaOS be the answer? Are there x86\_64 emulated raspberry-pi images but out by balena? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,  
-Michael Harris

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**Author:** ![floion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/45deac/32.png) [@floion](https://forums.balena.io/u/floion)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trouble-running-the-getting-started-example-for-balena-engine-v17-12-0/22669/3 "2019-07-31T08:50:02Z")

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Hi, would you rather run the Qemu machine on your computer? We offer the choice of 2 qemu machines (32 bits and 64 bits) that users can start up and run on their development machines. Do you have a special need to run the rpi base images?