On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Peter Östlin wrote:
Hi list
On a x86_64 system (CentOS 5) I'm trying to use yum to find/install a
package that (for unknown reasons) has arch set to amd64. The package
in question is meant for CentOS/Redhat x86_64. Using localinstall I
get the following:
root@t64-mon-app:~# yum localinstall <package>.amd64.rpm
Cannot add package <package>.amd64.rpm to transaction. Not a
compatible architecture: amd64
Nothing to do
Is there a way around this problem? Letting yum know that amd64 is ok
as arch. Installing using rpm works fine but I want it in a yum repo
to enable remote installs.
Is your system x86_64 or is it amd64?
amd64 is above x86_64 in the arch listing and therefore if your processor
is only x86_64 it won't be able to access/handle amd64 binaries.
If you want to force it you can set an arch value in /etc/rpm/platform
-sv
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