On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:29:36 -0500, Pangea Gritstone <gritstone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have installed Fedora Core 3 X64 version and would like to use apt and > synaptic. I installed both rpms with no errors but when I try to used > Synaptic it displays a box that says unknown error and that's it. When I try > to use apt to install something such as gnome-themes it will list a boat > load of depenancies and finally fail looking for libfam.so? When I try to > update it with up2date it also fails looking for libfam.so. I really like > the 64 bit version as it is very snappy but I can't seem to update it?? Can > anyone assist me please? > First of all, it's the x86_64 version, x64 is what Microsoft is calling their 64-bit Windows :). Okay, did you install the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the software in question? Synaptic is obviously crashing, but is apt? Or does it fail looking for a dependency? Are you connecting to 32-bit or 64-bit repositories? You'll almost definitely have to get a 64-bit gnome-themes since the rest of Gnome is 64-bit. I know some people prefer the programs that they like, but you ought to try yum as it works just fine in 64-bit. It can even differentiate between 32-bit packages and 64-bit ones (like yum install ); I don't know if apt has such a capability, I haven't tried it. If you are really set on using apt, then maybe you can post some more details and someone who uses it on x86_64 can figure out the problem. Jonathan
