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Slackware64 Released

Posted May 20, 2009 18:55 UTC (Wed) by s52d (guest, #2199)
Parent article: Slackware64 Released

Great news, I've been using slamd64 on two PCs.

How is with 32 bit compaitbility? Can I use 32 bit packages
on 64 bit system? Works for me on those Slamd64 systems.

Beside few 64 bit CPUs, I have one Slackware box running on 32 bit PC: Pentium 133:
Linux linux 2.0.37 #1 Fri Aug 13 17:42:07 CEST 1999 i586

works, serves, no need to upgrade.

BR
Iztok

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Slackware64 Released

Posted May 20, 2009 21:27 UTC (Wed) by Camarade_Tux (guest, #51944) [Link]

You can't. Slackware64 is multilib (it uses "lib64" rather than "lib") but the 32bit libs aren't provided.

Slackware64 Released

Posted May 20, 2009 22:59 UTC (Wed) by s52d (guest, #2199) [Link]

Thanks!

Rome was not build in one day: I just hope it is on to_do list.

BR
Iztok

Slackware64 Released

Posted May 21, 2009 1:21 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Well think about it. It's slackware.

Just install 32bit versions of the libraries you need from 32bit Slackware. No dependency system to screw around with.