From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ebfjg-0001Vs-NL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:55:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAEEre7T020403; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:53:40 GMT Received: from amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.2.12]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAEElNmF003708 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:47:23 GMT Received: from amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D3472D1294 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:47:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from tu-clausthal.de (hathor.rz.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.2.1]) by amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C2792D117E for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:47:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de ([139.174.241.94] verified) by tu-clausthal.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.8) with ESMTP id 9172040 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:47:23 +0100 From: "Hemmann, Volker Armin" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:47:22 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.92 References: <7bef1f890511131439l51ae8ef3ja623e34231e45c46@mail.gmail.com> <20051114092829.68e9a7d4@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <7bef1f890511140614l371c4003g4584cfae18958bab@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890511140614l371c4003g4584cfae18958bab@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511141547.22664.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-Virus-Scanned: by PureMessage V4.7 at tu-clausthal.de X-Archives-Salt: 748524d9-a664-4975-8ee1-fff6b1c6e8f1 X-Archives-Hash: 627553686e9eaf045a5ebd6e9478a800 On Monday 14 November 2005 15:14, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I really appreciate the help. > > I am looking at several 32 bit binary packages that are only downloadable > as 32 bit rpms or debs. For example: fledermaus and a related 3D viewer for > bathymetry files, and two different video editors. They are not available > as source, and they certainly are not available as ebuilds, or prepackaged > in any way. > > So, I can copy the binaries etc by hand into the chroot environment? Or > perhaps even unpack using "rpm" or apt? WOuld I need to produce an ebuild > of some kind? (Something akin to climbing Mt. Everest, I guess). > you do NOT need a chroot. Just the emul-packages and 32bit support in the kernel. If that is there, using the 32bit apps is totally painless :) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list