Doug Coats wrote:
> I just purchased a new computer with the AMD 64bit processor. I installed
> FC3 on it yesterday using the 64bit version. When I went to use up2date I
> noticed both 32bit and 64bit files for upgrades. Many of the 64bit files
> would not install, complaining about conflicts with the 32bit versions that
> were already installed. The 32bit versions would not install either. Now
> that is when I select only all 32bit or all 64bit files.
>
> What am I supposed to do. Do I need to have both of them installed?
Yes.
> Is
> this simply a result of not having some of these programs in 64bit at the
> time of the release so that they were installed as 32bit versions and now
> they are available as 64bit?
Yes, pretty much. Some programs won't compile in 64 bit mode
(OpenOffice...) Others (many closed-source programs) aren't available in
64 bit versions.
Unfortunately, a 32 bit program needs a 32 bit library. So since
OpenOffice requires evolution-data-server, that has to be present in a
32 bit version and a 64 bit version (assuming 64 bit programs need
evolution-data-server...)
Some files are stored in common, belonging to part of both the 32 bit
RPM and the 64 bit RPM. So it's a very good idea to make sure that these
install in parallel.
If you can't update all of the files, try updating (say) all the x.org
files -- for both x86-64 and i386 -- at the same time. Split up the list
of files into manageable chunks. When you get to problematic files, try
leaving them out. Then report back...
> Would apt or yum treat this differently?
Yes. Apt would metaphorically fall over and kick its legs in the air.
(It doesn't like the dual-arch set-up Fedora uses).
Yum would probably give you the same problems.
Note that if you un-install the 32-bit version but leave the 64-bit
version, RPM will get rid of the files shared between both RPMs. To my
mind, this is less than ideal...
James.
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