Comments on: Multi-arch on Debian/Ubuntu suck http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck A permanent record for what's interesting today - this is my live journal Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Irwan http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-128197 Irwan Mon, 28 May 2007 19:12:51 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-128197 Why don't you just use the static binary with pre-compiled Qt version? It's so easy and painless. Why don’t you just use the static binary with pre-compiled Qt version? It’s so easy and painless.

]]> By: Ubuntu on Embedded and Mobile devices ? : mypapit gnu/linux blog http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127589 Ubuntu on Embedded and Mobile devices ? : mypapit gnu/linux blog Wed, 09 May 2007 12:25:36 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127589 [...] its time to expand slowly and provide proper support for its current product, such as improving its 64-bit edition support and improving Xubuntu support for old and low-end machines. It is not to say that porting [...] [...] its time to expand slowly and provide proper support for its current product, such as improving its 64-bit edition support and improving Xubuntu support for old and low-end machines. It is not to say that porting [...]

]]> By: byte http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127529 byte Mon, 07 May 2007 08:23:35 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127529 Hey James. Yeah, I could install all the ia32 libraries, and then force-architecture, but figured that its probably not what I wanted to do. So I went the chroot way. @l3v1: well, I guess once you get past the quirks, it all just works out for you. Its just that you get spoiled by Fedora and RPM Hey James. Yeah, I could install all the ia32 libraries, and then force-architecture, but figured that its probably not what I wanted to do. So I went the chroot way.

@l3v1: well, I guess once you get past the quirks, it all just works out for you. Its just that you get spoiled by Fedora and RPM

]]> By: l3v1 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127477 l3v1 Fri, 04 May 2007 11:48:47 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127477 Me being a huge Debian fan for many years, I still suggest you try 64 bit gentoo for a change, I'm running ~amd64 on a mechine for more than a year now, and it handles itself well, emul-linux is your friend, but I have to tell the only 32bit necessities I ran into were flash related. Me being a huge Debian fan for many years, I still suggest you try 64 bit gentoo for a change, I’m running ~amd64 on a mechine for more than a year now, and it handles itself well, emul-linux is your friend, but I have to tell the only 32bit necessities I ran into were flash related.

]]> By: James http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127472 James Fri, 04 May 2007 03:37:11 +0000 http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2007/05/03/multi-arch-on-debianubuntu-suck#comment-127472 apt-get install ia32-libs is a good start, there's quite a few other 32bit libs in the amd64 archive. A chroot (with /home, /dev etc. bind mounted into it) is your next option. Finally, you can often be dirty and dpkg --install --force-architecture i386 packages on amd64. True multi-arch is planned for dpkg, but I don't know of a timeline for it. apt-get install ia32-libs is a good start, there’s quite a few other 32bit libs in the amd64 archive. A chroot (with /home, /dev etc. bind mounted into it) is your next option. Finally, you can often be dirty and dpkg –install –force-architecture i386 packages on amd64.

True multi-arch is planned for dpkg, but I don’t know of a timeline for it.

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