[CentOS] Re: Re: 32-bit vs 64-bit CentOS on 64-bit hardware

[Jeremy Sanders]

Kenneth Porter wrote:

> What kinds of issues do you run into, if any, getting 32 bit apps running
> on a 64 bit system?

You may need to install a missing i386 library from the i386 distribution,
which isn't supplied in the 64 bit dist. I have 32 and 64 bit distributions
in the yum search path, which mostly works.

There are also a few scripts which assume things about where libraries are
installed on the system.

Another issue are LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH tricks some programs or
wrappers play.

> For example, if I run 64 bit on my Venice-based game box, has anyone
> experience getting WoW to run in Cedega on that?

Not me. You can always install in a chroot environment if all else fails,
but that's not much fun.

Jeremy

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