Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-02-06 Thread Amos Shapira
On Feb 5, 2008 2:30 PM, Chaim Keren-Tzion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > I had a similar problem when running Centos4, x86_64 architecture, inside of > a vserver where the host is debian amd64. > It wouldn't choose x86_64 automatically even after changing the yum > repository config fil

Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-02-05 Thread Chaim Keren-Tzion
Hi Tom, I had a similar problem when running Centos4, x86_64 architecture, inside of a vserver where the host is debian amd64. It wouldn't choose x86_64 automatically even after changing the yum repository config file. I found that the following command worked: yum install --enablerepo=centosplu

Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-02-05 Thread Tom Rosenfeld
On Jan 29, 2008 5:36 PM, Oded Arbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > 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 anoth

Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-02-05 Thread Tom Rosenfeld
On Feb 3, 2008 9:16 AM, Valery Reznic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- 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 t

Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-02-02 Thread Valery Reznic
--- 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 e

Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-02-02 Thread Tom Rosenfeld
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? About nspluginwrapper. It is available in

Re: Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-01-29 Thread Oded Arbel
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

Yum - installing 32 bit binaries on 64 bit CentOS

2008-01-29 Thread Tom Rosenfeld
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, of