On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Scott Beamer <geek...@angrykeyboarder.com>wrote:
> Thomas Tempelmann spake thusly: > > >... I've created a 32 bit application that uses Gtk 2, which > > launches fine on the 32 Bit Ubuntu 9.10 default installation. > > > > But when I launch the same app on the 64 bit Ubuntu version, the > > following things happen...... > > [...] > > The problem is that Debian (and therfore Ubuntu) is still in the 20th > century when it comes to easily installing and running 32-bit software > beside 64-bit software. > > Outiside of sticking with OS X (or Windows for that matter) your other > alterntiave is to go with the more advanced RPM-based distributions where > you can routinely install 32-bit packages on a 64-bit OS (examples of > such operating systems include Fedora, openSUSE and Mandriva). > > *Someday* Debian (and therefore Ubuntu) will catch up.... > I don't mean to be a "[citation needed] troll", but I've honestly never heard anything suggesting this before. Would you mind explaining how RPMs handle 32/64 better than DEBs? My understanding was that as long as you installed ia32-libs then you shouldn't have to do anything else; the software having problems in this thread is some sort of anomaly. Cheers, Evan
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