32 bit libraries are required because I want to install some application which do not build if 32 bit gfortran libraries are not present. On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari > <ahsan.pmd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The system is RHEL5.3 x86_64 >> >> folloing commands were used >> >> tar xzf gcc-4.7.2.tar.gz >> >> cd gcc-4.7.2 >> >> ./contrib/download_prerequisites >> >> cd .. >> >> mkdir objdir >> >> cd objdir >> >> $PWD/../gcc-4.7.2/configure >> >> What is the package name for 32 bit c library. >> I cannot disable multilib becase shared libraries support is required > > Multilib and shared libraries are two different things. In GCC, > multilib means building additional libraries for specific compilation > parameters. In this case, building 32-bit libraries even though you > have a 64-bit system. The 32-bit libraries are required if you want > to be able to compile and link with the -m32 option. If you never > want to use the -m32 option, then you could configure with > --disable-multilib. > > I'm no expert on RHEL, but I think the 32-bit libraries are going to > be something like glibc-NNNN.i686 and glibc-devel-NNNN.i686. The NNNN > should be the same as the glibc RPM's you have installed already. > > Ian -- Engr. Syed Ahsan Ali Bokhari Electronic Engineer (EE) Research & Development Division Pakistan Meteorological Department H-8/2, Islamabad. Phone # off +92518358714 Cell # +923155145014 www.pmd.gov.pk
