Questions tagged [32-bit]
Questions about the 32-bit architecture also known as x86 , the common processor for netbooks and old computers.
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Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'xxx' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
Getting below error message while issuing :
sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [95.8 kB]
Ign:2 http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/debian wheezy/mongodb-org/3.2 ...
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How to run 32-bit app in Ubuntu 64-bit?
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and the current Android development SDK, which contains 32-bit executables. I found that I cannot run those 32-bit binaries. Trying to start them from bash gives me an error:
$...
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How do I create a 32-bit WINE prefix?
How do I create a 32-bit Wine prefix on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit?
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Is it possible to "upgrade" from a 32bit to a 64bit installation?
As per title, I wish to know if I can, after a successful 32bit setup and consequent software installations, update to a 64bit version.
I know how to partition (actually one of the solutions is to ...
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What is the difference between x86_64 amd64 and 64 bit?
I use a x86_64 bit Ubuntu, but whenever I try to do a live boot of any other 64 bit images like the GNOME 3.16 which was released yesterday, it does not work?
Also some times when I try a virtual ...
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How to remove all i386 packages from Ubuntu 64bit?
Over the time I installed many i386 packages, which I no longer need. How can I clean up the system and stay only with the amd64 packages?
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How do you run a 32-bit program on a 64-bit version of Ubuntu?
I have a 64-bit version of Ubuntu 13.10. I want to run a 32-bit version of a program. However I see ia32-libs is not included in 13.10. Is there a replacement package for this or what?
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Does the removal of i386 from the kernel mean Ubuntu is dropping 32 bit support?
I saw recently that the i386 CPU is not going to be supported in the Linux Kernel 3.8
so does that mean that Ubuntu will only be available in the coming years in 64-bit?
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32-Bit UEFI Boot Support
I recently purchased a Dell Venue 8 Pro. I have read online about what it needs in order to boot into Ubuntu or any other Linux distro. From what I have gathered, what really needs to happen is 32-...
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How do I apt-get a 32-bit package on a 64-bit installation? [duplicate]
I was trying to get a game working. But I have Lucid Lynx on amd64 running while the game binary was 32 bit (no 64 bit version available and nobody was in the mood for recompiling). It lacked libfsml-...
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How to install 32 Bit Wine on 64 Bit Ubuntu?
Currently I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64 Bit on my laptop and I want to install some Windows programs with Wine (Dreamweaver CS5/Starcraft II etc) but these programs require the 32Bit version of Wine to ...
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How to check if my software is 32-bit or 64-bit
I want to check if my software is 64 bit or 32 bit (not the OS). This software is an executable file, and when I check it, no information is given if it is 64-bit or 32-bit.
How do I check if my ...
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Where can I find 32-bit version of Ubuntu?
I need to find the 32-bit version, and all I keep finding is the 64-bit. Can anyone provide me with a link?
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Trouble compiling a 32 bit binary on a 64 bit machine
I'm trying to compile a c program as a 32 bit binary instead of 64 bit. I started by just adding -m32 and got some errors. Googling around a little I came across a note to install ia32-libs. ...
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Trying to install Steam ERROR: You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run: not
I've already installed Steam, but when I click on the program I get this message
ERROR- You are missing the following 32-bit libraries, and Steam may not run:
not
I don't know what to install or ...
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Cannot install ia32-libs [duplicate]
I don't know why I can't install ia32-libs. It claims for a dependency that cannot be found on repos.
junior@mediacenter:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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How do I upgrade from x86 to x64 without losing settings?
Is there an easy way to upgrade the system to x64 from x86 without losing settings and having to repartition etc?
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How come Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has a 32bit iso installer?
As mentioned in the Bionic Beaver release notes, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will not have a 32 bit Desktop Image Installer. But in the beta 1 release it has 32bit Desktop Images.
This is little off topic, but ...
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How to check if dpkg-architecture --list has all the architectures?
To install skype and dependencies on 16.04. 64bit I need to
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Via (man page):
dpkg-architecture --list
I then can check the list of architectures. What line must ...
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How to check if my Wine prefix is 32 bit or 64 bit?
I saw tons of threads explaining how to create a 32 bit prefix, but I want to check if the prefix I'm using is 32 bit or 64 bit. The reason I'm asking is that I'm using PlayOnLinux, and I've created a ...
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Ubuntu on 32-bit UEFI (only) based tablet pc
I've created a bootable USB of Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit with Rufus, setting the drive to be a GPT for UEFI. Then I booted my tablet PC and I ran the UEFI BIOS, from which I turned secure boot off. I then ...
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How can I tell whether my Firefox is 32 bit or 64 bit?
I have a 64-bit Ubuntu. For the preinstalled Firefox I had to download the 64-bit plugins (Flash, Java); the 32 bit plugins didn't work. Then I downloaded Firefox from mozilla.org, which just has one ...
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How to install 32-bit version of libstdc++.so.6 on a 64 bit machine
I need to install the 32-bit version of libstdc++.so.6 on a 64 bit Ubuntu 8.04.2 server.
when i tried apt-get install ia32-libs, it says
root@devserver:~/downloads# apt-get install ia32-libs
...
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How to install libncurses.so.5 in Ubuntu 20.04?
I need both 32 bit and 64 bit for libncurses.so.5 on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) for building an Android application on an older Android NDK. What are my options? libncurses.so.5 is not on apt-get ...
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Steam won't start on Ubuntu 16.04
After it was reinstalled, updates downloaded but it won’t start even from the terminal. This is the error message it gives:
Running Steam on ubuntu 16.04 32-bit
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled ...
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Does Ubuntu Desktop 32Bit Support more than 4GB Memory with default installation?
Does Ubuntu Desktop 32 Bit support more than 4GB memory WITHOUT changing anything (Without having to activate PAE via compiling kernel or anything similar). Will installing the 32 Bit Ubuntu on the ...
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Installing Atom text editor on 32-bit Ubuntu
The Atom text editor, newly introduced by the GitHub team, looks like "a hackable text editor for the 21st Century", and I must say, the screenshots have lured me. Official binaries are only available ...
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Why are there so many 32-bit dependencies for Skype?
When installing Skype, whether it's by running (after enabling the partner repository):
sudo apt-get install skype
Or installing it from the .deb file that you get from the Skype website. I always ...
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Why does my laptop resume immediately after suspend? [closed]
I seem to be having some problem with suspend mode. Every time I try to suspend my laptop, it just locks the screen. Or maybe it successfully suspends just to resume only an instant after. What could ...
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Unable to locate package libc6-dbg:i386 in docker
I am trying to install libc6-dbg:i386 inside a docker container based on Ubuntu because I need it for Valgrind, but I can't.
Given the following Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Me <xyz@...
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DVD with both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu
Is there any such images in existence that will allow me to install 64-bit Ubuntu if supported, or fallback to 32-bit otherwise?
I'm participating in an installfest by a new and unofficial LoCo, and ...
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ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator binaries are DEPRECATED when attemping to run the Android emulator
I have set the android development environment in Ubuntu 10.10, 32 bit.
After creating the AVD when I launched the emulator I have received the following error.
ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator ...
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error: package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 and by the way my wireless is not working. So, I'm trying to fix this problem manually. I have installed the 64 bit Ubuntu already. The problem is I cannot install ...
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Why is mainstream Ubuntu still i386-compiled?
I pretty much believe (am I wrong?) that over 90% (if not over 99.9%) of Ubuntu 10.x i386 installations are run on i686 computers. So why is Ubuntu still not i686-optimized?
The only case I can ...
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Can I install a 32-bit Java in addition to a 64-bit version?
For normal development I'm using the 64-bit VM which comes when I install the Java development kit (OpenJDK) with the package manager.
But there are some Java applications (containing native ...
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Build 32-bit on 64-bit Ubuntu: installing ia32-libs does not include libstdc++
Googled for a while but drawn a blank.
Need to build 32-bit app on 64-bit Ubuntu.
Realise that I need to install ia32-libs. I have done this and apt-get tells me it's already at the latest version.
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I installed a 64-bit OS in a 32-bit processor
As the title suggest, I accidentally installed 64-bit Ubuntu 13.04 in a 32-bit processor, and it is working fine for now (actually I feel my PC became more responsive). Will there be any problem in ...
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Only 32 bit distros are working on a 64 bit Intel Atom CPU, what could the problem be?
Intel Atom N2600.
The Intel link says it's 64 bit but I can only get the 32 bit Lubuntu 16.04 to run on it. Slacko Puppy Linux 32 bit also worked.
It still works mostly fine (bar some screen tearing ...
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Why is there no 32 bit ISO for the new Ubuntu 18.04?
Why is there no 32 bit ISO for the new Ubuntu 18.04?
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Ubuntu 32 bit or 64 bit on windows virtual pc on 64 bit windows 8?
I'd like to install ubuntu 12.04 on windows virtual pc on 64 bit windows 8. My laptop has corei7 processor, so I know that it can support 64 bit ubuntu.
But I'm not sure what would be the best choice, ...
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How do I convert a x86 RPM to a x86 DEB within a x64 system?
In my case the software I am trying to convert is the Lacie lightscribe labeler.
1.- I renamed the RPM
mv LaCie\ LightScribe\ Labeler\ 1.0\ Linux.rpm lacie-lightscribe-labeler-1.0.rpm
2.- Convert ...
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Install 32bit Java (OpenJDK) on 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I have to run Juniper VPN on the 64bit Ubuntu 12.04. I have installed openjdk-7-jre, openjdk-7-jdk and icedtea-7-plugin. After the browser prompts to install the Juniper VPN, I check it has been ...
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NVIDIA 440.64 32-bit libraries package breaks 64-bit driver package
I was running a Ubuntu 18.04 installation with NVIDIA 440.59 proprietary driver (GTX 970) up to a few minutes ago. Then I decided to upgrade manually to 440.64 even if apt kept it back, and now Steam ...
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How can I install a 32bit python on 64 bit Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 10.10 (Linux pc07 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux) and the default python package (Python 2.6.6).
I would like to install python-psyco ...
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amd64, i386 (32bit / 64bit) - Which version to choose? [duplicate]
Can every CPU (in my case a Intel i7 890) install both of them ?
Amd64 and i386 ? I would like to install Ubuntu 64bit. So what is the right download ?
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How can I install both 32 and 64 bit versions of the same -dev package?
I'm trying to install libsqlite3-dev for both i386 and amd64 on the same Ubuntu 12.04 machine. I'm developing an application that uses sqlite3, and want to compile and test both the 32-bit and 64-bit ...
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What options do I have to upgrade an unsupported i386 version of Ubuntu to an operating system with newer packages?
I am trying to upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 21.04 (i386 architecture) on a Dell laptop in order to be able to install proton VPN.
Output message:
There will not be any further Ubuntu releases
for this ...
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Running 32-bit app under 64-bit linux [duplicate]
By mistake I have installed 64-bit linux(hey! it happens to every1!).
How can I run 32-bit app under that linux?
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How to fix "Unable to start services" in VMware Player 4.0.3. on Ubuntu 12.04 32 Bit
I just updated to Ubuntu 12.04 and installed the lastest VMware (4.0.3).
When it starts it shows "Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into running kernel".
After ...
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For a 32-bit kernel, what are the pros/cons of PAE vs. non-PAE?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit. My kernels are PAE kernels. I know these are the kernels we can use for 32-bit OS which have 4 GB RAM, to utilize all 4GB of RAM.
My system is a 32-bit system. So I ...