On 02/20/2010 04:03 PM, Heiko Baums wrote: > Am Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:25:11 -0700 > schrieb Brendan Long <korin43@xxxxxxxxx>: > > >> Why not just install the 32 bit version then? 64 bit Linux can run 32 >> bit programs.. >> > No, it can't. This is only possible with multilib (lib32-*) support. So > you need to install every library twice to be able to run 32 bit > software. > > Greetings, > Heiko > Having the 32 bit libraries as well is what I meant. You don't need all of the 32 bit libraries, just the ones your propriety software needs (and that generally won't take up that much disk space). What I don't understand is why propriety software for Linux isn't just always released as a monolithic binary with no depends..
