No, you can not run 32 bit code in a 64 bit environment. You have to use
emulated software, check out net-www/nspluginwrapper to get plugins working
for Firefox

On 12/16/06, Boky Boky <verynotbad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I'm sure this question must have been answered before, but I am slowly
> giving up on finding the solution after months of browsing.
>
>
> Anyways, is it possible to emerge the same package in parallel? As
> 32-bit and 64-bit version?
>
> Something in the lines of:
> ABI="amd64,x86" emerge libxml2
>
> or:
> emerge libxml2
> ABI="x86" emerge
> --some-option-to-ignore-already-installed-package-and-not-remove-it
> libxml2
>
>
> Namely, I am trying to compile openoffice (using ABI="x86") and some GTK
> themes.
>
> openoffice depends one some packages (libxml2, libz, ...) that need
> therefore need to exist in 32-bit and I'd like to have firefox (...and
> other 32bit apps) themed not just with themes that come with emul-*
> packages.
>
>
> Thank you for your replies,
> Boky
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