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

Wed Mar 9 21:20:28 UTC 2016
Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>

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.