Tejas Guruswamy wrote:
On 12/04/11 13:17, Joachim Schrod wrote:
Hi,
Does openSUSE 11.4 supports using 32bit userland applications in an x86_64 installation?
With "support" I mean: 32bit libraries are available, don't conflict with its 64bit counterparts, and are pulled in as dependencies by zypper if I install the i586 package.
The background of my question: I need to use i586 versions of Java and Firefox/Flash. This prevented my switch from i586+PAE to an x86_64 installation. If there would be the possibility to install and use these applications with the needed i586 arch while the rest is x86_64, then I could revisit that decision.
Thanks in advance for any answer,
Joachim
Yes, 32-bit applications work fine on 64-bit openSUSE. If the rpms you are installing have the correct dependencies, then 32-bit compatibility libraries are automatically pulled in.
Thanks; that's good news, I'll give it a try.
32-bit flash and java are supported out-of-the-box via nspluginwrapper and in fact provided via the non-oss repo on x86_64 openSUSE.
Well, judging from postings here, 32-bit flash via nspluginwrapper does currently not work in quite some situations. There was even some threads here for the last few days. The usual recommendation is to use 64-bit flash beta instead -- but that is not supported with security updates, and thus not a choice for me. Concerning Java, I didn't mean Java-plugin-in-browser, but Java as in Sun-1.5.0-VM-that-runs-Tomcat-or-JBoss. ;-) That choice of technology ain't mine, but those of my customers. I'm not aware that nspluginwrapper helps here, or does it? Anyhow, I'll install a 64bit system, and see if my few 32bit-apps that I need will install and run there. Thanks a lot for your answer, they helped me a lot. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org