On 06/03/2010 03:51 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Phil Meyer<pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 06/03/2010 10:33 AM, Jim wrote: >> >>> FC13/KDE >>> >>> How do I install 32 bit Libs on a 64 bit box ? >>> >>> I have SDL installed. >>> >>> This would be a good addition to Yum. >>> >>> >> It would be much easier to discover why you might need some 32 bit >> libraries. >> >> For instance, you mentioned SDL. Is there an app you have that is not >> in rpm format that requires 32 bit libs? >> >> Perhaps you have a 32 bit app in rpm format. >> >> Simply: >> >> # yum localinstall --nogpgcheck<myprog>.rpm >> >> That will install all of the appropriate 32 bit libs for that app. >> >> Much better than just trying to grab all 32 bit libs and hope it works ... >> > If someone wants to run a nightly version of Thunderbird (say > 3.1.1pre) in 64 bit F13 where the nightly builds are only for 32 bit - > then it is not so easy! > > If you can give a one line command to pull in all the correct 32 bit > libraries needed for that scenario I would be most interested in > seeing it. > > Hehe, there is always a way :) Here ya go! rm -f /tmp/lister /tmp/lister1 ; for file in `ldd /usr/lib64/thunderbird-3.0/thunderbird-bin | awk '{print $1}'` ; do sudo yum whatprovides $file 2> /dev/null | egrep "i386|i686" >> /tmp/lister ; done ; sort -u -o /tmp/lister /tmp/lister ; awk '{print $1}' /tmp/lister > /tmp/lister1 ; sudo yum install `cat /tmp/lister1` It works, but adds some stuff not strictly necessary for running Tbird generically. And, its not pretty! :) Good luck! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines