On Mon 31 Jan 2022 at 11:38:17 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
uname -m
Are you saying that that doesn't reveal whether I've installed a 64 or a 32
bit release?
It does not. It only reveals which kernel is running.
As I said in another message, you could have a 32-bit userspace with
a 64-bit kernel. If that's the case, then uname -m gives you the wrong
answer.
You want dpkg --print-architecture, or else file /bin/ls (or some other
program that's guaranteed to be there, and to be a compiled native
executable file).
Technically correct, but Curt's response was good enough for Richard
Owlett to make progress. Richard Owlett is very unlikely to be using
a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace.