Thanks Oded. That sounds like it should work. I was just hoping there was some way to override $arch on the command line. Actually I now vaguely recall some command that temporaroly changes the architecture in your environment. has anyone else heard of it?
About nspluginwrapper. It is available in CentOS4 and I tried it. It basically works, but not for all plugins. Also it has a bug which sometimes has it stay in memory after you exit and consume 100% of the CPU. It seems like 32 bit firfox is just a cleaner solution since here. Thanks, -tom On Jan 29, 2008 5:36 PM, Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Specifically for Firefox 32bit plugins, another option is to install > nspluginwrapper > (http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ ) that allows > running 32 bit plugins under Firefox 64 bit. Its probably not available > for CentOS4 (I haven't even bothered to check), but there is a source > RPM from the site above that you can use. > > For other 32 bit software, CentOS does not package all 32 bit packages > for x86_64 - only the really important stuff (do they offer > mplayerplug-in in their 32bit repositories ? I'm not sure), but you can > always add another repository that points directly to the 32 bit > release: > > Go to /etc/yum.repos.d > locate the CentOS repository file (probably called centos.repo or > something) > copy it to another file, let's call it centos-i386.repo > open the new file for editing and replace every instance of $arch with > i386. > save and enjoy. > > On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 12:00 +0200, Tom Rosenfeld wrote: > > You guys have been so helpful, here is another yummy question. :-) > > > > I am running CentOS 4 64 bit, but sometimes i need to install 32 bit > > binaries. > > For example firefox, so that plugins work. > > > > Sometimes when I append ".386" in my yum install commands it works and > > finds the 32 bit version. > > However, often it does not. For example: > > yum install mplayerplug-in.i386 > > replies > > No Match for argument: mplayerplug-in.i386 > > However we all know that mplayerplug-in.i386 does exist, but only in > > 32 bit repositories. Yum replaces $arch with x86_64 even when I > > explicitly ask for .i386. > > > > Any suggestions on how to get around this? > > > > Thanks, > > -- > > -tom > > 054-244-8025 > -- > > Oded > > -- -tom 054-244-8025
