Re: Going to 64bit
- From: David Baron <d_baron@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:11:50 +0200
On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote:
I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid on
it.
Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal or
must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will all/most/some/none
32-bit programs work with it?
(Has the new multiarch organization made this easier?)
Repliers said emphatically NO, but ...
It apparantly CAN be done!
~$ uname -a
Linux dovidhalevi 3.2.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 5 03:26:57 UTC 2011 x86_64
GNU/Linux
I took the rc4 because the 3.1 had no installable linux-headers (needed for
dkms). The nvidia driver dkms'ed just fine, vboxdrv not (they have a separate
64-bit version). KDE is running without a hitch.
I did install amd64-libs which also pulled lib64ncurses5 (sort of thought it
would be needed, may not?)
There are numerous lib64 packages that I have not touched yet. I believe I
already had lib64gcc1. They seem all to be nicely placed within individual
mutli-arch folders as advertized.
Do it seems that non-userland stuff has been cubbyholed and userland stuff
plays as-is.
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