Questions that refer to the capability of a system to install and run applications of multiple different binary targets on the same system. For example running a 32bit linux application on a 64bit linux system.
Questions tagged [multiarch]
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What happened to the ia32-libs package?
The ia32-libs package is no longer present in Ubuntu 12.04 repositories for a 64bit system.
Are there any available replacement packages available for download?
Ubuntuser
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How can I switch a 32-bit installation to a 64-bit one?
I've got a 32-bit Ubuntu installation running on 64-bit hardware. Now that multi-arch has been implemented, I would like to switch to 64-bit without having to reinstall the OS.
This is one of the user stories addressed by the spec:
Shawn installed…
David Planella
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How to run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit system
Recently I upgraded my netbook to Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit from Ubuntu 13.04 beta 2 32-bit.
I want to be able to run 32-bit programs (such as WPS, which is a clone of MS Office 2012) on my PC.
How do I do it? Is there an easy way of doing it via the…
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Cannot install ia32-lib package
I have several programs that reuquire 32 bit packages (pointing to the ia32-lib package). However, when I try to install it, this happens.
spirit@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree …
soup-bowl
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How to install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of package?
When I run
sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386
It removes libcurl4-openssl-dev package and vice-versa.
How can I install both versions, for building both 32-bit and 64-bit version, of my program on one machine?
Alexey
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multiarch and Architecture: all packages
I have a problem with multiarch: I installed Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 and it works well. Unfortunately I have a Philips LaserMFD 6020 Printer/Scanner and for the scanner part it has only a proprietary i386 linux driver. To use it, I tried a multiarch…
Janos
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Why can't I install "ia32-libs" (no candidate)?
I want to install eagle cadsoft 6.2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10, eagle is 32bit compatible so I need to install ia32-libs but its giving the following error:
Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the…
ravi
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Where can I find blueprints and a roadmap for multiarch in 12.10?
Multiarch came a long way in 12.04. However, the 32-bit release is still recommended for download and some 32-bit debs (Google Chrome for example) still lack dependencies. I have not been able to find any blueprints dealing with multiarch for…
Mark Bidewell
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Architectures EM64T® , x86-64 , ia32 , IA64 , Intel®64 , x86 , amd64 , amd32
Which packages should install for Architectures EM64T® , x86-64 , ia32 , IA64 , Intel®64 , x86 , amd64 , amd32 , Mach64 ?
V.L.
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Where can I find the official Ubuntu MultiArch support documentation?
The official Ubuntu documentation site appears to contain no documentation in relation to multiarch.
Does anyone know where can I find the official documentation.
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