On 15 May 2004, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>>>> "RGB" == Robert G Brown <rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > RGB> The libraries (unfortunately) have the same name as > RGB> their x86_64 counterparts, so working by package name per se, > RGB> e.g. > > RGB> yum install glibc > > RGB> won't work (glibc is already installed, x86_64 version). > > yum install glibc.i386 > > works for me with FC2 test 3. I can't however seem to find when this > change went in or where it's documented. [root@s02 rgb]# yum install glibc.i386 Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - x86_64 - base Server: Physics RHL Server: Fedora Core 1 - x86_64 - updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Cannot find a package matching glibc.i386 No actions to take Obviously after FC1, which we're still using in production on our Opterons. Maybe the solution is just to wait for FC2? This naming scheme would work fine, especially if there were a package group named something pithy like Compat_i386 that had all the package.i386 libraries in it. To run "arbitrary" i386 programs, unfortunately one needs a nearly complete twinning of the x86_64 libraries including e.g. GSL, libm, and others. This is assuming that the system would indeed barf if handed i386 code that called mixed libraries further downstream than just glibc. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
