Yep. What Mark said. To try and boost your comfort level, know that many of us regularly load both versions of many libraries. I have yet to experience any problem from that because the 64-bit flavor is always reliably addressed along a different file path.
32-bit programs run just fine on a 64-bit Linux. I find this to be true for both PC and "z". What a 32-bit program cannot do is load a 64-bit shared library. So you need the relevant 32-bit shared libs if you're running a 32-bit app. Common practice. -- R; <>< Rick Troth Velocity Software http://www.velocitysoftware.com/ On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:31, Shedlock, George <gshedl...@aegonusa.com> wrote: > Does anyone know if I can install both the 64 bit and 32 bit versions of the > same library on a given guest? > > The case in point is a particular vendor product. Their installer is a 32 bit > application and is looking for various libraries in /lib when the library is > already installed in /lib64. They are asking us to install the 32 bit version > of another software product so their installer can see the libraries. > > Any comments? Can we even install both versions at the same time? If we can, > will it present any other interesting issues? > > George Shedlock Jr > AEGON Information Technology > AEGON USA > 502-560-3541 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
