Wow, thanks! I'll give it a try. one question though, will it be possible to run a command in the chrooted environment without having root in the original machine? the thing is, i need to execute the i386 software using a piece of software i wrote for the amd64 machine and would prefer no running my code under root.
i saw some references to fakeroot and fakechroot, could it help? On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2013-03-03 22:36 +0100, nir izraeli wrote: > > > I've been trying to install python2.7:i386 on an amd64 machine (i require > > it for another piece closed-source software that only has 32 bit > support), > > and i'm having trouble doing that. > > You cannot really do that, I'm afraid. > > > Since im using Wheezy RC1 i'm aware of the possibility that there's no > > solution available but i'd like to avoid installing native 32 bit OS > > because i need the extra RAM and performance. > > Also, debian 6 AFAIK only has python2.6 packages (with which i have > > other dependency issues) > > > > I'd like any suggestion i can get... > > Set up an i386 chroot and install python2.7 and your application there. > The schroot package makes using such a setup relatively painless. > > > user@vmdeb:~$ su -c "apt-get install python2.7:i386" > > Password: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > > or been moved out of Incoming. > > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > python2.7:i386 : Depends: mime-support:i386 but it is not installable > > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > user@vmdeb:~$ su -c "apt-get install mime-support:i386" > > Password: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > Package mime-support:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another > > package. > > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > > is only available from another source > > > > E: Package 'mime-support:i386' has no installation candidate > > The problem is that mime-support is an Architecture:all package, but not > marked as "Multi-Arch: foreign", so it does not fulfill dependencies of > packages from foreign architectures. For details, see > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695357. > > With the mime-support package in experimental, you should be > theoretically able to install python2.7:i386, but since that package is > not "Multiarch: foreign" either, many packages which depend on python2.7 > (or just python) become uninstallabe, so this is not really an option. > > Cheers, > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87txosdtyv....@turtle.gmx.de > >
