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Questions about the 32-bit architecture also known as x86 , the common processor for netbooks and old computers.

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I removed all 32-bit binaries from Ubuntu 18.04 and it's causing issues

Original question I'm running Ubuntu 18.04, 64-bit, so I naively thought I could get rid of all the 32-bit binaries that existed on the system. I followed the instructions in this superuser answer, ...
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Office 2016 on POL - Powerpoint Start Issue

I tried to install Office 2016 on Ubuntu 20.04 following the manual installation method described here: https://askubuntu.com/a/1233780. The installation worked quite well and most applications run ...
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Lubuntu install stuck on "configuring locales..."

I recently got back my old Eee pc and decided to install Lubuntu on it. All went well, until it got to the point where it configures locales. It has been at that point for more than 1.5 hours now. ...
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Linux freezes randomly on AMD

I'm getting constant freezes on Linux. I've tried Kubuntu 19.10 with KDE and Zorin with gnome. Now I'm using Fedora 32 with KDE and it happens in all of them. I can't use Ctrl+Alt+Fn to use a ...
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Debugging Assembly with DDD

I have a problem when debugging Assembly code with DDD (also tried GDB). When I compile my program and make executable file with gcc -g -o program program.S I need to add -m32 to make 32-bit ...
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Ubuntu 32bit NTFS ISO Available, or, How to Convert to NTFS Using mkisofs?

I'd like to install 32-bit Ubuntu (any flavor) on an old 2017ish Win8Pro Dell Latitude 10 ST2 tablet. Official online support docs say my device can boot to USB ISO, but that it only supports NTFS. I ...
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How to get rid of orange or yellow page, after installing 16.04?

I've an old Dell Inspiron 8600 and it doesn't support PAE so I installed ubuntu-16.04.6-desktop-i386 on it via forcepae. (you will probably ask me why are you don't use something like Lubuntu,because ...
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Can I run a modern version of Ubuntu on VirtualBox with my Celeron processor?

I am running VirtualBox 6.0.8 under Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS. I have a Intel Celeron N3060 processor which I think may be causing some problems. I planned to run Ubuntu in the VM. However: 16.04.6 32-bit ...
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Missing Vulkan DXVK dependencies of programs

So I removed an invalid 1386 file structure. When doing I had no access to the folder then had to delete it and contents to remove the invalid file structure. This is needed for programs that run ...
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Boot problems following update of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on 32 bit PC

About a month ago I installed ubuntu 16 LTS on my 32 bit Lenovo laptop via the 32 bit ISO. That went fine. Since I wanted ubuntu 18.04 LTS, I followed that with a network install of 18.04 LTS. That ...
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Chromium application not supporting what's app web?

I am using the Ubuntu 16.04, browser Chromium is not supporting what's app web feature, it says this feature available in above 36.0 version of chrome. this is not possible for me to install the ...
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No disk driver for OS install, server 16.04 LTS in Hyper-V

I'm trying to get 32-bit server 16.04 LTS installed as a Gen 1 VM in Hyper-V and running into an issue I've never had before: the installer cannot find disk drivers, so I can't partition and install ...
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Where to find asm/unistd.h

When trying to build jonesforth, which is a 32-bit GNU Assembler program, on Ubuntu 18.10 64-bit, I get the following message: ~/src/jonesforth $ make gcc -m32 -nostdlib -static -o jonesforth ...
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install 32bit eclipse parallel to 64bit eclipse in 64bit ubuntu

My preferred java IDE is eclipse. Since I own a lego robot (NXJ) I want to use Java For Lego Mindstorms. I found out I have to use all 32bit architecture since the usb drives won't work otherwise. ("...
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Ubuntu 16.04 mesa 32 bit libraries removal

I'm having lots of troubles with 32-bit libraries being used in various programs. After a lot of searching I found a question on here that said that the mesa directories could be causing it and to ...
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QT complains regarding GL library

Trying to build widget GUI application on QT on 32 bit Ubuntu. Qt shows error during build; cannot find -lGL collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status How to fix this problem? What should be ...
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Do I install 32 or 64 bit windows program on wine if I have Ubuntu 17.10 64-bit?

I was installing Wine 2.0 on Ubuntu 17.10 but I was wondering if I have to install 32-bit windows program or 64-bit if I use Ubuntu 64-bit.
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Plex Media Server won't start

Been trying to setup a plex server for the last 2 days. I initially had it up and running, but I rebooted, and now I can't get it start back up. Background: Running 16.04 32bit Had installed and set ...
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cannot find - No such file or directory - libusb - Ubuntu 32 & 64 bit

I'm trying to write a program that transfers data to my device. I'm using libusb. I had many problems to install its package in both 32 & 64 bit edition of Ubuntu 16 LTS. Commands for ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit) and packages libusb-1.0-0:i386 and libusb-1.0-0-dev:i386

I need these 2 32 bit packages installed to build toradex angstrom linux. Both of these packages will not install with sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0:i386 and sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev:i386. ...
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How do you use Chromcast with the 32-bit version of Ubuntu?

With Chromium not having access to the Chromecast extension (or to that just cast ability) and Chrome can't be installed on 32-bit system (I have an Intel processor, can install Windows in 64, but ...
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Netflix on Firefox 50/51/51.0b1 Ubuntu trusty

I have updated my libavcodec, in version 49 Netflix ran flawlessly using a user agent switcher. Now, after updating to 50, Netflix gives me error codes F7363-1260 and M7363-1260. Does anyone know of ...
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Android Studio on Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit not working

I installed Android Studio on my 32 bit ubuntu 12.04. But when I try to start it, I get the message: Unable to run mksdcard SDK tool. One common reason for this failure is missing required libraries ...
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How to uninstall libreoffice 32bit from my 64bit system

karl@karl-Dell-Precision-M3800:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge libreoffice5.2* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting '...
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Unable to install ubuntu 16.04

I've tried to Install Ubuntu 16.04 many times and failed (whenever I attempt to install it again, I select the "Erase disk and Install Ubuntu" option). I have the boot USB loaded with the .iso file (...
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Wine Error Window Popping Up Without Further Issues

I can run Wine apps without issues. But each time starting them up I keep getting two of the same Wine error windows ("The program (unidentified) has encountered ... and needs to close. We are sorry ...
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14.04 to 16.04 upgrade : Huge slowdown, why?

I have an older laptop with 2GB RAM. I have been running Kubuntu 32-bit installations for a number of years. I decided to move from 14.04 to 16.04. I had the option of 32-bit or 64-bit. I do have the ...
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Install 32 bit OpenJFX in 64Bit Ubuntu

I'm still not sure of this will fix my printing problem, but I'm trying to revert my Java into a 32 bit version, after finding out my 64 bit Java doesn't communicate with CUPS. (Ubuntu 15.10 64 bit) ...
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Does Ubuntu support old Windows games?

I wanted a alternative for the Windows XP, its crashing a lot in Vmware Workstation
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Fixing "The following packages have been kept back" - without install?

I've ended up with the Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar" due to needing 32-bit overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 on a 64-bit amd64 Ubuntu - which is better described in How do I ...
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Could I put both the AMD64 and i386 Ubuntu images on one usb drive?

Basically, the PC I use at home is 64-bit and the computers at my school are 32-bit. I'm kind of doubting it, but I'm wondering if I can make a persistent liveUSB of Ubuntu with the startup disk maker ...
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Wrong system architecture detected

I have recently reinstalled my Ubuntu 14.04 (after introducing some changes to the disk) and I have run into a strange problem. I have 64 bit processor and I've installed 64 bit system (as shown in ...
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Running Live with 4GB RAM. 32-bit or 64-bit?

I have a laptop with 4GB RAM and it is fully 64-bit capable. However I prefer to run Ubuntu from Live CD or USB. This takes 2GB of the RAM as the main drive. Does that leave me with 2GB of RAM? ...
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Trying to install ubuntu on VMware Player

I'm trying to create virtual machine with Ubuntu. I have VMware Player in version 3.1.6 build-744570. When I'm trying to install 64 bit version, I'm getting error: when I tried install 32bit version ...
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Samba recycle bin on ubuntu 14.04 doesnt put the file in only folders

When I delete something in Samba on a Windows system the file goes to recycle bin by default. That works on the share on anywhere in that / filesystem but when I try the same thing on another drive ...
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Steam won't run ubuntu 14.04 libc.so.6

Steam worked perfectly until a few weeks ago. After an upgrade whenever I want to run steam I get this error: Running Steam on ubuntu 14.04 64-bit STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically Error: You ...
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Stuck on "Configuring bcmwl-kernel-source (i386)" while installing Ubuntu 14.04

So, as the title says, installation get stuck while Configuring that package. Now, I am aware that this question has already been asked, but the solution requires internet connection and I don't have ...
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Has anybody been able to install Acestream on Ubuntu 14.04 32bit?

I'm trying to follow the instructions on wiziwig.eu but I can't find the dependency packages python2.7-apsw and so forth...
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Installed 32 bit

so I am kind of new to the UBuntu thing and I installed 32 bit instead of 64 bit ( my pc has 8gb of ram , but did not realize that at the time) . My question is should I re-install the 64-bit or live ...
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Developing 32 bit application and using it in 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04

I would like to develop 32 bit c++ applications on an Ubuntu 14.04, 64 bit machine and use it on both 32 bit and 64 bit machines. One of the main difficulties I face is that I use some library which ...
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TrueCrypt container sluggish data transfer only in Ubuntu

I downloaded two setup files for truecrypt namely truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86.tar.gz & TrueCrypt Setup 7.1a.exe one for linux & one for my windows8 I installed both the files in respective OSes &...
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logging into a LXC container

Trying to create LXC container to run 32bit Wine on my 64bit machine. I have done all as instructed. Then coming to the part, where to start the container: sudo lxc-start -n my32bitbox After a while ...
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how to get Ubuntu to load via DVD onto pc on xp

Downloaded the 32bit Desktop 14.04 version using a Windows 7 laptop. I have checked the download using winMD5SUM - ok- and burned a DVD using Deepburner. After several tries at booting the pc in ...
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Can I have common CD for 64 bit Ubuntu and 32 bit Ubuntu?

Why does not Ubuntu have a common CD to install Ubuntu, choosing at time of installation whether to install 32 bit or 64 bit Ubuntu, Like Windows disks. Is there any tweak that would allow ...
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12.04 can't connect to 64 bit WEP

I'm an absolute beginner to Linux, and I already have a problem. Go me! I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit on my desktop PC, dual booted with my previously installed Windows XP. I have a 64 bit ...
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AMD64 or i386 for Acer Aspire 5530G

I have laptop Acer aspire 5530G: AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-80 2.1 with 2GB RAM. So, What is Ubuntu better: amd64 or i386? if CPU amd, but RAM is 2 GB.
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how to use a projector with Lubuntu 13.10

My teacher has an Lubuntu 13.10 Laptop and he needs to use it on his projector, but there is no signal. Does anyone know how to use a projector in Lubuntu 13.10? Thanks
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Ubuntu x64 installation

So my computer tells me that the processor is 64-bit capable, but it has 32-bit Windows Vista installed on it. Would it be okay to install 64-bit Ubuntu alongside 32-bit Windows or would it have big ...
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How to change icon size?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 32bit on a dell netbook, and the icons are way too huge. I've tried clicking on the cog and logging in as "ubuntu" instead of "ubuntu 2d" but that doesn't work. what do i do?
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dpkg remove, dependencies problems

I have just reinstalled Ubuntu 12.04. I was sure I was installing the 32 bits version, however it turns out (wt* ???) it is actually a 64 bits version. In the meantime, I tried to install some library ...
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