[CentOS] i386 and x86_64 packages on an 64bit system after fresh install - why?

Hi, I recetly set up a brand new fres Centos 5.4 64 bit system and found a lot of i386 packages installed along with the x86_64 packages. My questions: Why is this done? May I remove the i386 packages? (rpm -e ) I wanted to update today the installed packages and do get some dep messages:

Re: [CentOS] i386 and x86_64 packages on an 64bit system after fresh install - why?

Akemi Yagi schrieb: On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator goetz.reini...@filmakademie.de wrote: Hi, I recetly set up a brand new fres Centos 5.4 64 bit system and found a lot of i386 packages installed along with the x86_64 packages. My questions: Why is this