Comments on Multiarch: How To Use 32bit Packages On A 64bit System (Debian 7 Wheezy)

Multiarch: How To Use 32bit Packages On A 64bit System (Debian 7 Wheezy) On Debian Wheezy, it is now possible to run a i386-linux-gnu application on an amd64-linux-gnu system. This is called Multiarch and refers to the capability of a system to install and run applications of multiple different binary targets on the same system.

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By: Kurt

Wish I had known this before installing and setting up a Debian Wheezy based distro.  I used my notes for installing 32-bit apps under Squeeze for Wheezy.

By: Ken Hough

Sorry to disagree, but your instructions for running 32bit software under 64bit Debian Wheezy do not seem to work.

After following your instructions, my 64bit Wheezy system still would not recognise 32bit software (eg firefox and Adobe Reader)

It was only after I installed packages 'ia32libs' and 'ia32libs-gtk' (via synaptic) that it all worked correctly.

 

 

By: Sergio

Era lo que buscaba, efectivamente en Wheezy cambio la manera de instalar paquetes i386 en sistemas amd64.

dpkg --add-architecture i386

apt-get update

apt-get install apackage i386

 Si tienes cualquier problema de dependencias ~$ apt-get -f install