On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 04:33:19PM +0800, Gordon Royle wrote: > > On 25/10/2012, at 3:53 PM, Frank Lübeck wrote: > > The requirements for the 32-bit GAP executable are very small, you just > need to install the 32-bit version of the standard C library (with the > corresponding linker). > > Your Linux distribution should contain a package for that, called something > like libc6-i386 or libc6:i386 or glibc.i686 or similar. I thought that > this would be installed by default on almost any x86_64 Linux machine. > > OK, thanks. > > I shall forward this directly to my system administrator. > > Unfortunately I have so little knowledge of the "nuts and bolts" of linking, > compiling, static, dynamic etc, that while I grasp the general meaning of > what you said, I have no actual idea of how to "install a 32 bit version of > the standard C library", nor where to look for it. :-) > > However the system is a new Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution so I am > surprised it doesn't come with the bits it needs. When I compiled from > scratch instead (configure; make;), no complaints were raised, but perhaps it > made only the 64-bit version ??
I suppose it did. It's not easy to cross-compile things (i.e. build executables for platforms different from what you do the building), you need to jump some hoops. And still, running such an executable is a different story (e.g. you can cross-compile for Windows or an iPhone on Linux - but running the resulting executables is a completely different story). HTH, Dima > > > Thanks again > > Gordon > > > > Professor Gordon Royle > School of Mathematics and Statistics > University of Western Australia > gordon.ro...@uwa.edu.au<mailto:gordon.ro...@uwa.edu.au> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Forum mailing list > Forum@mail.gap-system.org > http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum CONFIDENTIALITY:This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged.If you are not the intended recipient,please delete it,notify us and do not copy,use,or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth:Print Only When Necessary.Thank you. _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list Forum@mail.gap-system.org http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum
