How can I install 32-bit packages in 64-bit system?

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Hi all,

Up to fedora 18, I was used to install 32-bit packages in my 64-bit system by adding the ".i686" as suffix for the package. However, this does not seem to work for some packages in fedora 19. For example:

# yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.i686
Loaded plugins: auto-update-debuginfo, langpacks, refresh-packagekit
adobe-linux-x86_64                                       |  951 B     00:00
fedora/19/x86_64/metalink                                |  32 kB     00:00
fedora                                                   | 4.2 kB     00:00
updates/19/x86_64/metalink                               |  30 kB     00:00
updates                                                  | 4.6 kB     00:00
(1/2): updates/19/x86_64/primary_db                        | 6.8 MB   00:07
(2/2): fedora/19/x86_64/primary_db                         |  17 MB   00:12
adobe-linux-x86_64/primary                                 | 1.2 kB   00:00
fedora/19/x86_64/group_gz                                | 384 kB     00:00
updates/19/x86_64/group_gz                               | 385 kB     00:00
adobe-linux-x86_64 2/2
No package java-1.7.0-openjdk.i686 available.
Error: Nothing to do

How can I fix this? I had similar problems with boost-static (due to a missing dependency), and I downloaded the rpm file & manually installed it. Is there a better solution?

George

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