On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote: > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on > it. > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or > must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none > 32-bit programs work with it? > > (Has the new multiarch organization made this easier?)
Repliers said emphatically NO, but ... It apparantly CAN be done! ~$ uname -a Linux dovidhalevi 3.2.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 5 03:26:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux I took the rc4 because the 3.1 had no installable linux-headers (needed for dkms). The nvidia driver dkms'ed just fine, vboxdrv not (they have a separate 64-bit version). KDE is running without a hitch. I did install amd64-libs which also pulled lib64ncurses5 (sort of thought it would be needed, may not?) There are numerous lib64 packages that I have not touched yet. I believe I already had lib64gcc1. They seem all to be nicely placed within individual mutli-arch folders as advertized. Do it seems that non-userland stuff has been cubbyholed and userland stuff plays as-is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201112161211.50927.d_ba...@012.net.il
