Re: 64-bit linux and 32-bit applications

2007-12-19 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Dec 19, 2007 9:32 AM, Moshe Gorohovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the prevailing opinion about installing and running 32-bit applications and shared libraries on 64-bit Linux operating systems? It's a perfectly okay thing to do. Naturally it's a waste of memory (cause you end up

Re: 64-bit linux and 32-bit applications

2007-12-19 Thread Micha
Sorry, reply to list doesn't work with linux-il for some reason (at least with sylpheed claws) re-posting to the list ... On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:31:42 +0200 Ilya Konstantinov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 19, 2007 9:32 AM, Moshe Gorohovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the prevailing

Re: 64-bit linux and 32-bit applications

2007-12-19 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Dec 19, 2007 4:33 PM, Moshe Gorohovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to install 32-bit vlc, mplayer and xine on 64-bit CentOS system. Will I need to install 32-bit versions of all dependencies, 32-bit libxine, libavcodec, etc.? Yes. yum should do it for you, assuming it has the proper

Re: 64-bit linux and 32-bit applications

2007-12-19 Thread Moshe Gorohovsky
Hi list, Thanks for your replies. I want to install 32-bit vlc, mplayer and xine on 64-bit CentOS system. Will I need to install 32-bit versions of all dependencies, 32-bit libxine, libavcodec, etc.? Will these 32-bit libraries work if I already installed 64-bit libavcodec? Ilya Konstantinov

64-bit linux and 32-bit applications

2007-12-18 Thread Moshe Gorohovsky
Hi list, What is the prevailing opinion about installing and running 32-bit applications and shared libraries on 64-bit Linux operating systems? Do Red Hat based 64-bit operating systems support 32-bit applications and shared libraries, but Debian based 64-bit operating systems do not? --