Aidan Gauland wrote:
Hello,
I now have a 64-bit machine. As we are still in transition between 32
and 64
bit machines, it can be a bit of a nuisance. I haven't figured out
how to run
closed-source programs that were built for 32-bit Linux (or ZSNES, for
that
matter). How do I *easily* install, on Debian, the 32-bin libraries
that a
32-bit executable needs?
Thanks,
Aidan
I may only partially understand your issue and others might add more,
perhaps what you are looking for is
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
or
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790&highlight=skype+64+bit
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790&highlight=skype+64+bit>
Then, or anyway, something like "apt-get install package-name" is all
you need and you let your package manager take care of dependencies for
you? Having said that though, last time I installed skype (as an
example of what you are referring to in your question) there was an
extra hoop or 2 to jump through, easily found in google, this skype
how-to on the ubuntu forums suggests a few more 32 bit packages that may
be of interest to you.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432295
Do you have a specific program you are struggling with?
Cheers,
Roger
