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 1EbliT-0006El-Jw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:18:18 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAELHEmB003182; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:17:14 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.204]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAELBbju024648 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:11:37 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i14so1341918wra for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:11:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=mduNudWdxAoy8RfJ2JloxQbLinnJ+Vbbt2yZ+vdyFEzMUGbm5uKGgzeMrjc16o16th3WR41D5WrC4fCUAMFsgOEWLVgp1jnl8cW3X9HxPwECPupk52SNx+9aHzeKlQk6m8jFNKzeX6zWrzkxWKAzutPLuBE4LXyQxbERgmM8jQg= Received: by 10.65.153.12 with SMTP id f12mr6226121qbo; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:11:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.199.5 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:11:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7bef1f890511141311l600bc206pea980a4ed26c5bef@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:11:36 +1000 From: "Alan E. Davis" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit binaries: installing/running on amd64 system In-Reply-To: <200511141547.22664.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_13397_27602692.1132002696148" References: <7bef1f890511131439l51ae8ef3ja623e34231e45c46@mail.gmail.com> <20051114092829.68e9a7d4@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <7bef1f890511140614l371c4003g4584cfae18958bab@mail.gmail.com> <200511141547.22664.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-Archives-Salt: 4d58d35b-9474-423d-ba49-069e1453d3a7 X-Archives-Hash: fe8f61de0e6d55d9a165af92e6397f67 ------=_Part_13397_27602692.1132002696148 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 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 :) > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > ------=_Part_13397_27602692.1132002696148 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 Nove= mber 2005 15:14, Alan E. Davis wrote:
> I really appreciate the help.
>
> I am looking at several 32 bit binary packages that are on= ly 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 pre= packaged
> in any way.
>
> So, I can copy the binaries et= c 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 totall= y painless :)
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