On 7/3/05, Philip A. Prindeville <philipp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I did an initial install of both .x86_64 and .i386 binaries for FC3 to > an Athalon 64-based system. Now that I think about it, it would have > been easier just to have done a .x86_64 install, or limited myself to > whatever binaries weren't published in .x86_64 format. I'm not sure what you mean by this. I hope you mean that you installed the arch compatability libraries (or whatever they called it) which installed the 32-bit packages for some libraries. Did you do this install recently? Any reason you went with FC3 instead of FC4? > So I find myself with various duplicated packages, like: > > aspell.x86_64 > aspell.i386 > ... > zlib.x86_64 > zlib.i386 These are not duplicate packages, they are two different architectures. If you want to run any 32-bit programs (like OpenOffice) then you will need some of the 32-bit libraries. Some distros have chosen to do it differently, but Fedora can install both 32-bit and 64-bit programs side-by-side. These library packages are needed for operating with both architectures. > etc. and was wondering if there's an easy way to back the unnecessary > stuff out. I looked, for example, at removing aspell (since it should be > fairly stand-alone) but that wasn't as easy as I thought: > > [root@media ~]# rpm --erase --test aspell.i386 > error: Failed dependencies: > libaspell.so.15 is needed by (installed) gtkspell-2.0.7-2.i386 > libaspell.so.15 is needed by (installed) gnome-spell-1.0.5-6.i386 > libaspell.so.15 is needed by (installed) kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386 > [root@media ~]# This would do the dep solving for you: # yum remove aspell.i386 Unless something is really messed up, doing a "yum remove <package>.i386" should only remove 32-bit packages. At least, that statement seems like it should be valid, but is not tested. > Is there an easy way to figure out (even if it's non-deterministically or > misses some corner cases) what .i386 packages can be dropped from a > fat .x86_64 install? That depends upon what 32-bit programs you want to run. If you really don't want anthing 32-bit around, you might try: # yum remove "*.i386" Be very careful that you look over what all is being removed before you say "yes." Then if there are 32-bit programs you want to run (like I said, OpenOffice is only 32-bit) use yum to install them and it will bring in any 32-bit libs that the program needs. <disclaimer>I have not tested this process, so procede at your own risk</disclaimer> Another suggestion is to install the new FC4 and be more judicious about what you choose to install off the disk. I'm really liking FC4 so far. > Thanks, > > -Philip Jonathan
