On 4/23/06, Frank Pineau <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, so, there are a few apps that don't work well under x86_64. Mplayer > (because of the 32-bit codecs), Firefox, java, and a few others. > Obviously I can download and compile from source, but is there a safe > way to install 32-bit rpms via yum without borking the rest of my > system? Mplayer-i386, for example, has a bunch of i386 lib dependencies > which are obviously not installed, so even compiling from source would > end up being a pain. There are many emails in the archives covering this topic. Some relate specifically to Firefox since it is probably the most popular 32-bit app on 64-bit systems. I'll quickly layout one option. 1. Copy the .repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ to similar filenames with something like i386 in the name 2. Rename the repos (the name is between [] at the top) to add i386 or 32 or something like that to the name 3. Change the $arch to i386 where ever it appears in the file 4. Set Enabled=0 so they are off by default Now, you want to install mplayer 32-bit? Do something like this: # yum install --enablerepo=base-i386 mplayer.i386 This assumes you changed the base repo's name to base-i386. You probably also want to enable the updates repo too, so you get the latest versions. Keeping things up to date can be a little tricky sometimes. More details are to be had in the archives :). Jonathan
