Sent again to make clear my aim: having a pure 64bit once I can run the few applications I nedd (two in total) at 64bit, without having to reinstall the OS. What I am trying to avoid is to make the OS "less pure" by dealing the wrong way with 32bit libraries and applications. thanks again francesco pietra
On Monday 05 June 2006 09:59, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > The only non-free packages > avaiable are those the maintainer uploaded and Gerd Knorr hasn't done > that for openmotif and amd64. I posed this morning the question of OpenGL for 64bit to Gerd Knorr. However, may I ask about the strategy to follow for 32bit applications in debian amd64 etch (installed on separate partitions /, /usr/. /var/ /tmp, and swap, ith RAID1) at the current stage of development? 1) make use of /lib32 and /usr/lib32 as furnished on the installation. performing an 'apt-get install ia32-libs' to get support for OPenGL (which is what my applications require in addition to X-system) and add export XLOCALEDIR=/emul/ia32-linux/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale" to the FAQ for 32bit programs needing X locales. 2) Installing a Debian IA32 chroot system First you need to install a IA32 base system into a chroot. You can do this with the debootstrap command: debootstrap --arch i386 sid /var/chroot/sid-ia32 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ To install a few more libraries you can change into this chroot and install/update packages with apt-get: chroot /var/chroot/sid-ia32 apt-get install libx11-6 Option (2) from your HOWTO was that I was aimed at, until I discovered with surprise that some 32bit libraries are furnished on installation as described above. Now, if I opt for solution (2), what shoul I do with the installed /lib32 and /usr/lib32? All that as a temporary solution until debiam amd64 develops further and I succeed in compiling at 64bit all application that I need for molecular mechanics as an input to mpqc. I am used at planning before moving; although not an expert in computer science, I am trying to get a clear knowledge of the boxes where to move. Thanks for help and for your kind patience. francesco pietra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]