On 09/10/11 11:39, planas wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 14:19 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > >> On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:39:14AM +0100, Tom Davies wrote: >> >>> Hi :) >>> Ouch! Perhaps just reboot the machine (rofls). That typical Windows >>> answer has actually helped me in Ubuntu sometimes which was worrying! Just >>> closing and then re-opening the package manager might help as they seem to >>> do a bit of tidying and fresh scanning in the process. >>> >>> In no particular order ... >>> >>> Can you install the 64bit as though installing it in parallel with an >>> 'existing' install (even tho the 'existing' one has been uninstalled)? >>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel >>> I'm not sure how that page does it so it might be fairly unhelpful. >>> >>> Have you tried re-installing the 32bit again and see if that has problems >>> too? If not it might uninstall more cleanly 2nd time around or you might >>> spot what's going wrong now you know to watch for problems. >>> >>> Have you used the package manager to search for installed items to do with >>> libreoffice/soffice, checked the history of the last actions the package >>> manager took? Again i am not sure if it would help but it's probably the >>> easiest thing to look at quickly even if it's not helpful. >>> >> I would be concerned with the reason the 32 bit program wouldn't run >> correctly. Everything I've read says 32 bit progs run just fine on a 64 >> bit system. >> >> > On Windows 32 bit packages will often run on 64 bit OS but on Linux that > is often not true. > On my Suse 64 bit there are a set of libraries that allow 32 bit programs to run fine. I think that they show up as a dependency the first time you install a 32 bit package on the 64 bit system, and get installed by YAST. steve
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