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Can't install 32 bit gstreamer-ffmpeg normally, library can't find other 32 bit libs
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bits and I'm trying to get a game (GTA SA) working in wine, but it keeps crashing. After reading error logs it seems I needed some 32 bit versions of gstreamer, probably to play ...
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How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Ubuntu?
I have a 64-bit (amd64 a.k.a. x86_64) Debian or Ubuntu installation. I need to run 32-bit (i386/i686) programs occasionally, or to compile programs for a 32-bit system. How can I do this with a ...
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how to patch PKGBUILD to lib32
I installed Poco library on my Arch64 system using AUR. Sources were downloaded, compiled and the package succesfully installed. But now I need to patch the PKGBUILD so that I can compile 32-bit ...
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Why 32 bit OS has less requirement when compared to 64 bit
In my Organization for routing we are using 32 bit os rather than using 64 bit os on a host with 3GB RAM.
Since 64 bit faster than 32 bit why do sometimes people use 32 bit OS rather than 64 bit.
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How to run 32 bit programs on 64 bit Fedora 17?
Although the Android Development Tools (ADT) bundle is available as a zip package for 'Linux 64 Bit' it states following requirements:
64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit ...
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How to find out whether a certain processor is 64bit or 32bit? [duplicate]
Now, the answer that jumps into everyone's minds at this point is, of course, uname -a.
But I believe that, in this case, it is not the correct answer.
Why? Well, I have installed a 64bit version of ...
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What a 64 bit Linux can do that 32 bit linux can't?
I ordered a server from fdcserver. Then I realized that, unless changed, fdcserver actually provides 32 bit operating as default.
I logged in using SSH, typed uname -m, and to my horror I saw that I ...
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Why won't my binary run?
I have a binary that runs on my Debian Squeeze system, but then it doesn't do anything on my Debian Wheezy (kernel Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64) system. Both systems are 64 bit, while the executable is a 32 ...
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32 bit appplication on 64 bit linux not working
I'm running linux mint LMDE 64 bit version, I have to install this i386 software to use my modem.
So I did it with --force-architecture mode, installation completed with errors.
Here is the log
dpkg: ...
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Why are 64-bit distros often called 'amd64'?
I am downloading an ISO image of Lubuntu; they have two versions: 32 and 64.
But why do they call the 64 version amd64 since they say that it works for Intel also?
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Download and Install 32-bit Haskell GHC on CentOS
I need to install Haskell GHC 32 bit from the command line and I can't find this anywhere.
I need to install it because I need libgmp.so.3 for the 32-bit and i have read somewhere that I can find it ...
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64bit Linux or 32bit Linux with PAE kernel causes x server to crash on boot
I have a home server that was running 64bit Linux Mint with Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram, nvidia 7950GT, and RAID 0 two 150GB drives. It was running fine til the power supply failed and I had to replace it. ...
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How to convert a 32-bit (x86) Debian Wheezy system to 64-bit
I have a 32-bit system which runs on a 64-bit processor. How do I convert it to be all-64-bit, without re-installing? I have seen somewhere that it is doable as a result of the new Multiarch ...
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Why is it better to use a 64bit OS?
Speed/Security? Why should we choose to use 64 bit instead of 32 bit?
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How can I determine if my processor is 64 or 32 bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I know that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux?
I am running Debian Squeeze, how can I determine whether my processor is 64 or 32-bit? I'm ...
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Running 64-bit Linux with 750 MB of RAM: worth it?
I have a Debian server VPS, and the provider installed 64-bit Debian 5. Should I ask for an 32-bit install, given that I have only 750 MB RAM and I have heard that variables take more RAM on 64-bit ...
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Why does the i386 version of software get installed on an x86_64 system?
Why does the i386 version of most software get installed along with the x86_64 version on a CentOS 5.8 64-bit system?
# yum install php-xml
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from ...
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Is 32bit still preferable to 64bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I install 32 or 64 bit?
I want to migrate from Ubuntu to OpenSUSE, and I need to decide between the 32bit and the 64bit versions.
6 years ago, when I purchased a ...
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Should I install 32 or 64 bit?
I'm going to be installing linux on my 64bit netbook.
Last time I checked I was advised that for personal computers (not servers) it is best to install the 32bit version. I believe the reasoning was ...
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Why does Ubuntu recommend download the 32-bit version?
Why does Ubuntu recommend download the 32-bit version? On their 32bit_and_64bit Page they even say
Unless you have specific reasons to choose 32-bit, we recommend 64-bit
to utilise the full capacity ...
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Moving from Ubuntu 32bit: Mint 64bit or Mint 32bit?
I have decided to try out Linux Mint instead of the horrible Ubuntu Unity experince.
I have a separate partition for my /home folder, which I'd like to preserve of course. So I'm curious: is it ...
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How can I install a 64bit Linux virtual machine on a 32bit Linux?
I've got a computer (Intel core i5) with 32bit Linux installed (ubuntu 11.04) and I would like to install a 64bit Linux virtual machine on it so I can test 64bit command-line applications on it.
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Running 32 bit app on a 64 bit Linux machine
Are there any performance drawbacks (CPU, Memory or IO) when running a 32-bit application on a 64-bit Linux?
My main concern is inefficient utilization of pointers and memory blocks.
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Building 32-Bit on a 64-Bit system
I'm trying to build the PHP memcache extension (v2.2.6) for i386 (32bit) on my x86_64 Ubuntu 11.04.
./configure uses config.guess by default (which outputs x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu on my system) but ...
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OpenBSD: 32 bit or 64 bit
I would like to use the 64 bit version of OpenBSD,
but I'm not really sure how good it works.
Are there any known problems? Is the 32 bit version more recommended for productive environment?
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How come I installed Ubuntu 64 bit on a Pentium 4 machine?
I have just tried booting the Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit live USB on this machine and to my amazement everything works fine. I even installed the system, after which I checked with uname -a and the result is
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