Al 27/03/12 15:03, En/na simendsjo ha escrit: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:06 +0200, Jordi Sayol <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Al 27/03/12 12:40, En/na simendsjo ha escrit: >>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:18:45 +0200, Jordi Sayol <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Al 27/03/12 11:52, En/na simendsjo ha escrit: >>>>> This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I >>>>> hope others here have found a workaround. >>>>> >>>>> I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to >>>>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for >>>>> -m32. >>>>> The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found >>>>> some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I >>>>> haven't gotten it working properly. >>>>> Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag! >>>>> >>>>> Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Hello simendsjo, >>>> >>>> All deb packages at http://dlang.org/download.html includes both 32-bit >>>> and 64-bit libraries, so, on a debian-based x64 distro, just install the >>>> 64-bit deb, and You'll be able to compile to 32-bit just adding -m32 as >>>> argument. >>>> Same situation for debian-based x32 distros, You can compile to 64-bit >>>> adding -m64 as argument. Of course, you'll not allowed to run a 64-bit >>>> binary on a x32 platform. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>> >>> Thanks, but I was probably not very clear when writing the question. >>> DMD itself is not a problem (rather than the bug which forces me to only >>> use 32-bit), it's all the packages available through the package manager - >>> it only downloads 64-bit libraries. >> >> This is not strictly truth. dmd deb packages installs, among others, >> "gcc-multilib", witch make possible to compile to 32-bit in x64 platform and >> vice versa . >> >>> If I want to use a c library, I need to find both the library and all it's >>> dependencies as 32-bit libraries rather than just installing through the >>> package manager. >>> It can be a tedious process.. >>> >> >> If you want to run a 32-bit program on a x64, install "ia32-libs" and all >> its dependencies, through the package manager. >> >> Best regards, > > I have ia32-libs, but say I want to install mysql? I can only get x64 > versions thourgh the package manager. Trying to download and install 32-bit > .deps says it's conflicting with the installed x64 library. >
Ok, then you can try chroot command into a directory created with debootstrap. Also you can install a debian-based x32 distro onto a virtualbox machine. Best regards, -- Jordi Sayol
