I use an amd64 system, but some applications are only available for the i386 architecture. Some prominent examples are Adobe Flash, Google Earth, and zsnes (which is written in assembly language, so I don't reckon to see it ported EVER.)
I can usually get these i386 programs to run, but they require 32-bit libraries. ia32-libs has a whole bunch of i386 libraries for amd64, but it's not a complete solution. I recently had to install a 32-bit libselinux and libsepol to get Flash to run; they weren't included in ia32-libs. I did this by downloading the i386 .deb from packages.ubuntu.com, extracting the package, and manually copying all the files from the package's "/usr/lib" to my "/usr/lib32". zsnes requires a 32-bit libsdl, which I also have to manually install. Are there any guidelines for creating .deb packages to install i386 libraries on amd64 systems? Is it enough to simply map /usr/lib to /usr/lib32 or are there other complications I need to deal with? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
