On Thursday 10 June 2004 08:08, seth vidal wrote: > > I'm using yum to update an x86_64 machine, and one of the repositories > > it's using is shared with some i686 machines. I'm trying to get yum to > > install Sun's j2sdk package, built for the i586, and yum installs it > > correctly on the i686 machines. > > > > On the x86_64 machine, though, yum acts like the j2sdk package isn't > > there. I assume that's because it's an i586 package and yum thinks it > > isn't compatible. > > maybe I'm crazy but is an i586 package ACTUALLY compatible with an > x86_64? No, you're not crazy, ix86 != x86_64 :) So to respond to the original question: the i586 package won't work on a x86_64 machine. Mihai
