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Installing x32 packages on x64 debian (or fix a dmd bug)
Mar 27, 2012
simendsjo
Mar 27, 2012
Jordi Sayol
Mar 27, 2012
simendsjo
Mar 27, 2012
Jordi Sayol
Mar 27, 2012
simendsjo
Mar 27, 2012
Jordi Sayol
Mar 27, 2012
simendsjo
March 27, 2012
This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I hope others here have found a workaround.

I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for -m32.
The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I haven't gotten it working properly.
Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag!

Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this?
March 27, 2012
Al 27/03/12 11:52, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
> This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I hope others here have found a workaround.
> 
> I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for -m32.
> The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I haven't gotten it working properly.
> Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag!
> 
> Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this?
> 

Hello simendsjo,

All deb packages at http://dlang.org/download.html includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries, so, on a debian-based x64 distro, just install the 64-bit deb, and You'll be able to compile to 32-bit just adding -m32 as argument.
Same situation for debian-based x32 distros, You can compile to 64-bit adding -m64 as argument. Of course, you'll not allowed to run a 64-bit binary on a x32 platform.

Best regards,
-- 
Jordi Sayol
March 27, 2012
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:18:45 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:

> Al 27/03/12 11:52, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>> This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I hope others here have found a workaround.
>>
>> I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for -m32.
>> The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I haven't gotten it working properly.
>> Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag!
>>
>> Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this?
>>
>
> Hello simendsjo,
>
> All deb packages at http://dlang.org/download.html includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries, so, on a debian-based x64 distro, just install the 64-bit deb, and You'll be able to compile to 32-bit just adding -m32 as argument.
> Same situation for debian-based x32 distros, You can compile to 64-bit adding -m64 as argument. Of course, you'll not allowed to run a 64-bit binary on a x32 platform.
>
> Best regards,

Thanks, but I was probably not very clear when writing the question.
DMD itself is not a problem (rather than the bug which forces me to only use 32-bit), it's all the packages available through the package manager - it only downloads 64-bit libraries.
If I want to use a c library, I need to find both the library and all it's dependencies as 32-bit libraries rather than just installing through the package manager.
It can be a tedious process..
March 27, 2012
Al 27/03/12 12:40, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:18:45 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:
> 
>> Al 27/03/12 11:52, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>>> This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I hope others here have found a workaround.
>>>
>>> I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for -m32.
>>> The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I haven't gotten it working properly.
>>> Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag!
>>>
>>> Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this?
>>>
>>
>> Hello simendsjo,
>>
>> All deb packages at http://dlang.org/download.html includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries, so, on a debian-based x64 distro, just install the 64-bit deb, and You'll be able to compile to 32-bit just adding -m32 as argument.
>> Same situation for debian-based x32 distros, You can compile to 64-bit adding -m64 as argument. Of course, you'll not allowed to run a 64-bit binary on a x32 platform.
>>
>> Best regards,
> 
> Thanks, but I was probably not very clear when writing the question.
> DMD itself is not a problem (rather than the bug which forces me to only use 32-bit), it's all the packages available through the package manager - it only downloads 64-bit libraries.

This is not strictly truth. dmd deb packages installs, among others, "gcc-multilib", witch make possible to compile to 32-bit in x64 platform and vice versa .

> If I want to use a c library, I need to find both the library and all it's dependencies as 32-bit libraries rather than just installing through the package manager.
> It can be a tedious process..
> 

If you want to run a 32-bit program on a x64, install "ia32-libs" and all its dependencies, through the package manager.

Best regards,
-- 
Jordi Sayol
March 27, 2012
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:06 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:

> Al 27/03/12 12:40, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:18:45 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:
>>
>>> Al 27/03/12 11:52, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>>>> This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I hope others here have found a workaround.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for -m32.
>>>> The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I haven't gotten it working properly.
>>>> Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag!
>>>>
>>>> Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hello simendsjo,
>>>
>>> All deb packages at http://dlang.org/download.html includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries, so, on a debian-based x64 distro, just install the 64-bit deb, and You'll be able to compile to 32-bit just adding -m32 as argument.
>>> Same situation for debian-based x32 distros, You can compile to 64-bit adding -m64 as argument. Of course, you'll not allowed to run a 64-bit binary on a x32 platform.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>
>> Thanks, but I was probably not very clear when writing the question.
>> DMD itself is not a problem (rather than the bug which forces me to only use 32-bit), it's all the packages available through the package manager - it only downloads 64-bit libraries.
>
> This is not strictly truth. dmd deb packages installs, among others, "gcc-multilib", witch make possible to compile to 32-bit in x64 platform and vice versa .
>
>> If I want to use a c library, I need to find both the library and all it's dependencies as 32-bit libraries rather than just installing through the package manager.
>> It can be a tedious process..
>>
>
> If you want to run a 32-bit program on a x64, install "ia32-libs" and all its dependencies, through the package manager.
>
> Best regards,

I have ia32-libs, but say I want to install mysql? I can only get x64 versions thourgh the package manager. Trying to download and install 32-bit .deps says it's conflicting with the installed x64 library.
March 27, 2012
Al 27/03/12 15:03, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:06 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:
> 
>> Al 27/03/12 12:40, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:18:45 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Al 27/03/12 11:52, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>>>>> This might not be the best forum to ask, but as it relates a dmd bug, I hope others here have found a workaround.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using a debian-based x64 distro. Due to http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5570, I have to compile for -m32.
>>>>> The challenge is installing 32-bit libraries using apt-get. I've found some "solutions" on the web, but they are all terrible hacks, and I haven't gotten it working properly.
>>>>> Downloading packages directly (and all dependencies!) is a real drag!
>>>>>
>>>>> Has someone found an acceptable way of dealing with this?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello simendsjo,
>>>>
>>>> All deb packages at http://dlang.org/download.html includes both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries, so, on a debian-based x64 distro, just install the 64-bit deb, and You'll be able to compile to 32-bit just adding -m32 as argument.
>>>> Same situation for debian-based x32 distros, You can compile to 64-bit adding -m64 as argument. Of course, you'll not allowed to run a 64-bit binary on a x32 platform.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Thanks, but I was probably not very clear when writing the question.
>>> DMD itself is not a problem (rather than the bug which forces me to only use 32-bit), it's all the packages available through the package manager - it only downloads 64-bit libraries.
>>
>> This is not strictly truth. dmd deb packages installs, among others, "gcc-multilib", witch make possible to compile to 32-bit in x64 platform and vice versa .
>>
>>> If I want to use a c library, I need to find both the library and all it's dependencies as 32-bit libraries rather than just installing through the package manager.
>>> It can be a tedious process..
>>>
>>
>> If you want to run a 32-bit program on a x64, install "ia32-libs" and all its dependencies, through the package manager.
>>
>> Best regards,
> 
> I have ia32-libs, but say I want to install mysql? I can only get x64 versions thourgh the package manager. Trying to download and install 32-bit .deps says it's conflicting with the installed x64 library.
> 

Ok, then you can try chroot command into a directory created with debootstrap. Also you can install a debian-based x32 distro onto a virtualbox machine.

Best regards,
-- 
Jordi Sayol
March 27, 2012
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:11:38 +0200, Jordi Sayol <g.sayol@yahoo.es> wrote:

> Al 27/03/12 15:03, En/na simendsjo ha escrit:
>>
>> I have ia32-libs, but say I want to install mysql? I can only get x64 versions thourgh the package manager. Trying to download and install 32-bit .deps says it's conflicting with the installed x64 library.
>>
>
> Ok, then you can try chroot command into a directory created with debootstrap. Also you can install a debian-based x32 distro onto a virtualbox machine.
>
> Best regards,

Thanks. The virtualbox solution seems quite simple - I'll go for that one.