On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 05:49:46PM +0800, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 03:53:25PM +0800, Frank Lübeck wrote: > > The requirements for the 32-bit GAP executable are very small, you just > > need to install the 32-bit version of the standard C library (with the > > corresponding linker). > > > > Your Linux distribution should contain a package for that, called something > > like libc6-i386 or libc6:i386 or glibc.i686 or similar. I thought that > > this would be installed by default on almost any x86_64 Linux machine. > > if your CPU is an AMD 64-bit cpu, on Debian/Ubuntu this package is called > ia32-libs. > I don't think it's that standard. After all, that's usually only needed > if one has to run a commercial 32-bit application, which is not > available as a 64-bit one --- and this is unusual. >
Dear Dima, dear Forum, The ia32-libs on (older) Debian/Ubuntu and derived systems installs a lot of 32 bit libraries, these are indeed not installed in standard installations. But for the GAP executables (including package kernel modules) it is as I said before: I made sure that only the basic "libc6-i386", resp. "libc6:i386", package is needed and this is installed by default in all Debian/Ubuntu derived distributions I know of. > You might also need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib32 > in the shell to specify the location of these libraries. No, this is not needed on Debian/Ubuntu and co., the libraries are of course installed in the default path. Sorry for the technicalities, to conclude: - For most people the Linux executables coming with the rsync distribution will just work. - If the 32 bit version doesn't work for you, then - either ignore this problem and only use the 'gap64L' and 'gap64'commands - or install the package to run 32 bit executables as mentioned above Best regards again, Frank -- /// Dr. Frank Lübeck, Lehrstuhl D für Mathematik, Templergraben 64, /// \\\ 52062 Aachen, Germany \\\ /// E-mail: frank.lueb...@math.rwth-aachen.de /// \\\ WWW: http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Frank.Luebeck/ \\\ _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@mail.gap-system.org http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum
