Andrea Mastellone wrote:
François Patte wrote:
I think that this should *not* be the default unless everything x86_64
and i386 will work in the same way. This is now far from being achieved:
you cannot have all plugins or extensions working in firefox 64bits and
it is better to install i386 versions.
The worse situation is for video (vlc, xine,....) there are a lot of
conflicts between libraries if you install 64bits versions of some
softwares using the same libraries...
Hi,
you are absolutely right. In facts, I have just removed all ?86 packages
in a 64 bit system (Fedora 8).
I cannot use no more the following applications (due to the dependence
on 32 bit libraries):
- flash plugin from Adobe (workaround: gnash but it works at 40% , not
with youtube :( )
- Adobe Reader (not big problem due to evince)
- WMWare Player/Workstation with a 32 bit guest operating system (this
is a bit serious shortcoming)
- Skype (ops ! :( )
So, one should consider, before removing 32bit packages, if possible to
work without these softwares.
Now, the question: what is the *minimum* number of the ?86 libraries one
should install to get them working again ? :)
Remove all i386
Then yum install what you need and it will pull in the i386 equivalents.
On my CentOS box - the i386 packages I needed:
rar (shareware closed source, only i386)
flash plugin
nspluginwrapper
firefox
Including those four packages - 83 packages (most i386 - I think one or
two are i686)
Adobe really needs to release an x86_64 flash plugin.
If they did - thanks to icedtea - I would only need rar and what rar
needs (and I could probably do w/o that).
