That sounds good.

Would you recommend installing with rpm or apt? Or copying files over by
hand?

Alan

On 11/15/05, Hemmann, Volker Armin <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
wrote:
>
> 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 :)
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