Walter Bright wrote:
Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
Tip: If you have a 64-bit processor I would still recommend you
install the 32-bit version of Ubuntu if you intend to use it mainly
for coding. DMD is strictly a 32-bit compiler, and any library you
want to use must also be 32-bit. Keeping a separate tree of 32-bit
libraries in a 64-bit Ubuntu installation is possible (or should be,
using the ia32-* packages), but I hear it's a pain.
I have 64 bit Ubuntu, use it to develop 32 bit apps, and haven't had
much problems.
Yeah, I do too, and I haven't had that much problems either. But my
needs are simple. :)
For me, at first, it was enough to install the ia32-libs package plus
some of the GCC multilib packages. But then, after a while, I found
myself needing other libraries (BLAS and LAPACK) of which 32-bit
versions weren't present in the package repository of my 64-bit Ubuntu.
So I had to manually install them in a separate location from the 64-bit
ones.
For two rather simple libraries that isn't really much of a hassle, but
if you are, say, a game developer, and need a sound library, a 2D
graphics library, a 3D graphics library, a networking library, etc. etc.
etc. it all adds up.
I hate installing things manually, and if possible I *always* use the
package manager. But maybe that's just me. :)
-Lars
