32bit vs 64bit

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Sep 17 22:20:13 UTC 2008


Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com> writes:
> That might be the reason. I do not have any 32 bit stuff installed, and have 
> "exclude=*.i386 *.i586 *.i686" in yumconf. Installing any 32 bit stuff adds 
> so much bloat, that it's just not worth it.

No wonder 32-bit plugins don't work then, you need at least 
nspluginwrapper.i386 for them to work.

But I agree that it's not worth installing 32-bit libraries on a 64-bit system 
just to get crappy proprietary plugins to run. I don't even have Flash 
installed on this 32-bit system.

        Kevin Kofler




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