On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:26:18PM -0800, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On 12/31/07, charlie derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip some stuff > > > > I'm not aware of ever intentionally doing anything to install any 64bit > > libs. My whole system is running as 32-bit. > > MIne too (I don't do AMD64 because I don't have an AMD64, sniff). > > But I also see 64 bit stuff in /lib64. And I don't think they are for > 64bit file position related stuff > because if I disassemble one representative file I see 64 bit instructions. > > As these will likely never get used until or unless I get a 64bit > machine, how do I remove them? I don't think I ever explicitly told > aptitude to install these libraries.
You didn't say what libraries they are or what packages they come from (use dpkg -S to find the latter out). But on my system the only 64-bit libraries are in /usr/lib64/fakeroot. I assume it includes them so that it can run programs that are themselves 64-bit. Other 64-bit libraries are in these packages (according to apt-file): * amd64-libs, support software for running 64-bit programs in a 32-bit environment (AIUI). Required by amd64-libs-dev. * lib64gcc1, required by various 64-bit libraries. * lib64ncurses5, also required by various 64-bit libraries. * lib64readline5, required by gdb64. * libc6-amd64, required by gdb64 and various 64-bit libraries, along with libc6-dev-amd64. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]