Tanveer Singh wrote: > On 3/9/06, Tushar Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> This seems to be slightly off-topic of this thread but why >> shouldnot 32 bit stuff run on 64 bit ? If any one can lead to any >> pointers or a correct google query it will be great :) >> Regards >> Tushar >> > > > Should not? No why here. 32bit stuff runs fine on 64bit systems.
hi Tushar, 32bit apps run fine under the > 32bit stuff that the x86_64 specifications stipulate ( its not 64bit, but thats another conversation for another day on another thread ). one of the reasons a lot of people say it wont run is because either their package management system is incapable of handling dual / multilib and needs funky chrooting tricks or they run the 'build eveyrthing yourself' sort of distro's and lack the ability to cleanly build i386/x86_64 pacakges. look at your options, choose a distro that has the functionality you need - and things work fine ( as I type this running thunderbird/i386 on a x86_64 laptop ). -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
