Re: Running 32 binaries on 64 platform

Here are some links for you to take a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD64#Linux

States that Gentoo, Suse, Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu and Debian have 64  
bit versions.

And a quick google search for setting up 32bit-mode leads to this  
article:

http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64- 
howto.html

Specifically, this section:

http://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64- 
howto.html#id271960

I would imagine that the process is similar for any distro.

Mike.
[email protected]




On Feb 2, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Andrei Smirnov wrote:

> I have upgraded my hardware to 64 bit processors, and found that some
> applications don't have binaries to run on it, such as RealPlayer,  
> or a Java
> plugin, or even the latest release of OpenOffice, which did not  
> come with a
> distribution. In fact some things I could not even compile from the  
> sources
> because they ask for libraries which I don't have, and it's just a  
> pain going
> for all the missing packages.
>
> I suspect there should be a way to run 32 binaries on 64 platform  
> in emulation.
> I tried to search the web but did not find a direct answer. An advise
> is appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
> Andrei V. Smirnov
> MulPhys.com
> http://smirnov.mae.wvu.edu
>
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