Re: lib32

[Francesco Pietra <frapietra@alice.it>]

Hi Goswin:
I did not install ia32. However, looking at the sources.list and commented 
lines, I fear I did a big mistake:

I have a commeted line

# deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
and corresponding deb-src

I fear that at some stage this line was not commented and, lacking amd64, 
created the mess of mixing amd64 etch with 32 etch.

It is a pity because I got kernel 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp #2 SMP correct for my 
hardware and correct raid1.

Well, I believe that the best is to reinstall amd64 etch from installer etch 
beta 2 that I still have, and then net. I stiil have the procol that was 
correct, except the sources.list that may have been wrong at some stage. At 
any rate I need pure 64bit, no ia32, no 32 chroot.

Would you be so kind to list the correct format 
deb ftp:// for amd64
and
deb htt:/secure .. for security updates
It should avoid dropping again into a mistake.

Thank you
francesco pietra

On Saturday 03 June 2006 12:15, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:

> Francesco Pietra <frapietra@alice.it> writes:
> > As to amd64 debian etch OS (no IA32, no 32 chroot) I was examining what
> > happens on trying to launch there a scientific application in OpenGL that
> > I use on debian etch 32 and have to transfer to 64. The application
> > directory has self contained libraries but asked at the launching command
> > for a shared library (not found)
> >
> > libXm.so.3
> >
> > I did not expect to get the application running, I was just examining the
> > terminal info before engaging in a compilation at 64bit.
> >
> > To this regard, may I ask about the purpose of
> >
> > /lib32
> >
> > present in my root partition and containing a large number of libraries?
> >
> > thank you
> >
> > francesco pietra
>
> /lib32 is a link to /emul/ia32-linux/lib so ld.so will automatically
> look for (32bit) libraries in that directory. If you have that links
> and any dirs there then you did install ia32 packages.
>
> Also, if starting a 32bit application complains about libraries not
> being found then you have both 32bit support and the 32bit ld.so (from
> libc6-i386) installed.
>
> MfG
>         Goswin