[CentOS] 32 bit programs and libraries on a 64 bit architecture

On 3/9/2016 1:20 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 03/09/2016 10:12 AM, g wrote:
>> in "closing the gate after the horses have left the corral", i am
>> asking is what i did good or bad.
>
> If you try to run a program and it doesn't run, then removing i686 
> might have been bad.  Wine is definitely one that will pull in a long 
> list of i686 dependencies.
>
> Generally what I recommend is this:  If you install a package that you 
> then decide you don't want, use "yum history undo" or "yum history 
> rollback" to remove that package.  Otherwise, just upgrade and don't 
> look for things to remove.  The amount of disk space used by packages 
> you don't actively use is measured in cents. Your time is worth far more. 


A minor(?) downside of too many unneeded packages is how much time yum 
update takes.



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