Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: >>>>> There is a single yum target, that will bring in all (or most) of the 32bit >>>>> libraries >>>>> and things that are needed to run 32bit applications on 64bit Fedora. > > It is also possible to install just the specific 32-bit libraries that > you need. That's what I did when I built ZooLib for 32-bit under > 64-bit Fedora. (http://www.zoolib.org/) > > If you're building a 32-bit program from source, just try to build it > before installing any 32-bit libraries. The link will fail because it > can't find a bunch of stuff. Try to figure out what 32-bit yum > packages satisfy just the first few complaints, then install the > packages and try again. > > After a few rounds of this you'll have pretty close to just the bare > minimum of libraries needed for that one program. > > If you have a binary executable, and not the source, then ry running > it. It won't run because it can't find a bunch of libraries. Install > the first two or three libraries that it complains about, then Lather, > Rinse, Repeat. > I have to ask, do you find it's valuable to do all this work to save a MB or two? Don't take that as a criticism, I just don't see any reason to spend the time minimizing anymore. I find the single package to be a great time saver, although I don run a 32 bit system in a VM which is useful for doing 32 bit stuff. > In general a runtime library named libfoo.so will have a yum package > called libfoo.i386 or some such, and a development library named > something like libfoo-dev.i386. You only need the "-dev" libraries if > you're developing from source - these include the header files, that > aren't needed for runtime support. > > I'll send you my bill in the mail. > > Don Quixote -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
