--- Tom Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Oded. That sounds like it should work. I was > just hoping there was > some way to override $arch on the command line. > Actually I now vaguely recall some command that > temporaroly changes the > architecture in your environment. has anyone else > heard of it? setarch ?
Valery. > > About nspluginwrapper. It is available in CentOS4 > and I tried it. It > basically works, but not for all plugins. Also it > has a bug which sometimes > has it stay in memory after you exit and consume > 100% of the CPU. It seems > like 32 bit firfox is just a cleaner solution since > here. > > Thanks, > -tom > > > On Jan 29, 2008 5:36 PM, Oded Arbel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Specifically for Firefox 32bit plugins, another > option is to install > > nspluginwrapper > > > (http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ > ) that allows > > running 32 bit plugins under Firefox 64 bit. Its > probably not available > > for CentOS4 (I haven't even bothered to check), > but there is a source > > RPM from the site above that you can use. > > > > For other 32 bit software, CentOS does not package > all 32 bit packages > > for x86_64 - only the really important stuff (do > they offer > > mplayerplug-in in their 32bit repositories ? I'm > not sure), but you can > > always add another repository that points directly > to the 32 bit > > release: > > > > Go to /etc/yum.repos.d > > locate the CentOS repository file (probably called > centos.repo or > > something) > > copy it to another file, let's call it > centos-i386.repo > > open the new file for editing and replace every > instance of $arch with > > i386. > > save and enjoy. > > > > On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 12:00 +0200, Tom Rosenfeld > wrote: > > > You guys have been so helpful, here is another > yummy question. :-) > > > > > > I am running CentOS 4 64 bit, but sometimes i > need to install 32 bit > > > binaries. > > > For example firefox, so that plugins work. > > > > > > Sometimes when I append ".386" in my yum install > commands it works and > > > finds the 32 bit version. > > > However, often it does not. For example: > > > yum install mplayerplug-in.i386 > > > replies > > > No Match for argument: mplayerplug-in.i386 > > > However we all know that mplayerplug-in.i386 > does exist, but only in > > > 32 bit repositories. Yum replaces $arch with > x86_64 even when I > > > explicitly ask for .i386. > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to get around this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -- > > > -tom > > > 054-244-8025 > > -- > > > > Oded > > > > > > > -- > -tom > 054-244-8025 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
