Re: AMD64 Status
On (02/11/05 21:35), Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Johannes Graumann wrote:
> > I just came back from prowling the web for the answer to the question on how
> > to best get openoffice running on my swanky new dual amd64 debian unstable
> > box ... and fail to see the situation clearly.
>
> The situation is: use a chroot with the 32-bit stuff. The native AMD64
> porting is still in progress; see the corresponding bug reports...
>
> > Would anybody mind letting me know the current state of the art way of
> > getting it to work - hoepfully with a pointer at the tutorial I wasn't able
> > to find ... ?
>
> There's no tutorial AFAIK...
Follow the excellent Howto to set up the 32bit chroot:
https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id220463
Install openoffice2 in the chroot (and Firefox)
Follow aforementioned howto to run 32bit apps from your main system
Sit back in amazement when it runs :)
Regards
Clive
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