On ה', 2005-10-13 at 19:58 +0200, Noam Meltzer wrote: > why would you want to install the i386 package at all?
Noam, I guess you didn't work on an x86-64 distro much :) > basically the packages of the x86_64 version of redhat works in the > following way: > All packages you need to run the system correctly are compiled as 64bit. There are reasons to run i386 builds of some applications, most often when they have binary-only plugins which are only built for i386 -- Macromedia Flash Plugin, Win32 multimedia codecs... > If you want to do development work, you have a special packages for > development of i386 type. Actually, most development packages come in x86-64 variants only. To turn your x86-64 machine into an i386 "cross-build" machine, you'd have to fetch packages from the i386 version of the distro. Luckily, they're compatible. > So, I don't see a reason why you should install the fontconfig package > (not the development) of the i386 version on x86_64 OS. If he runs a i386 version of Mozilla (to use Macromedia' i386 Flash Plugin), he'll need libgtk2.0.i386 and fontconfig.i386. While mozilla.i386 cannot be installed side-by-side with mozilla.x86-64, the libraries can be, as long as both side-by-side packages are of matching versions. ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
