This is in fact a deficiency in Debian. Most of the required libs can be installed in a multi-arch configuration where the 32-bit libraries go into a separate directory from the 64-bit libraries. However the gtkhtml package among others does not yet conform to this standard. The 32-bit libraries therefore cannot coexist on the same system as the 64-bit libraries. On Fedora this problem is not there and you can install compat-gtkhtml314.i686 and the Elecraft utilities will display their help.
There are two possible solutions on Debian systems. The Debian project can fix their libraries or Elecraft can make available a version of their utilities compiled for 64 bits. It may take a long time for debian to correct their libraries so I would suggest Elecraft take the time to compile their utilities for 64 bits as an alternate download. 73, David W4DES On May 1, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Pierfrancesco Caci <[email protected]> wrote: > > as a matter of fact, all linux software available on Elecraft website > works perfectly well on Debian Wheezy at 64 bits EXCEPT the built-in > help for said software, which requires a library which is not > available. Not a big deal, since the help system is just html and you > can just point your browser to the directory and read it. > But, in 2014, it would be nice if said software were compiled natively > for 64 bits. > That said, I'm happy that at least one vendor acknowledges the existance > of linux users. I tend not to buy stuff that tells me which OS I should > have to use it. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
