On 29.03.2012 23:23, John Peach wrote: > My Ubuntu Precise box has the following in in /etc/ld.so.conf which > will pick up those directories:
You can install libraries for other architectures - sparc, mipsel, etc - and the corresponding dirs will be added to the list. Yes even if you're on x86, you can run sparc executables still in means of qemu for example - it will register as binfmt-misc handler which is able to run foreign code, for which corresponding foreign libraries are needed. Note yet again: hardcoding various i686/i386/x86_64/etc paths is wrong, the world is FAR from being x86-only. /mjt
