Re: ldd

Mike Wilson wrote:
> /usr/share/PGS5-0-2-12/PageStream5: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel
> 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses
> shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped
>
> Any thoughts on where to go from here, given that this program runs
> happily on my other, 32-bit Ubuntu 6.10, system?

Well, ldd will try to link it vs. 64-bit or 32-bit libraries. I ran
Slackware in 64-bit mode for a while (via Slamd64), and it had a
parallel set of library files: the main ones were 64-bit and in lib64,
while the compatibility ones where in lib and were 32-bit. I think that
there was a mechanism by which ldd would select them, but I never became
very familiar with it because the wine applications I was running at the
time didn't enjoy 64-bit mode (plus other things, like the GLX drivers,
were also unhappy).

Perhaps there is a 32-bit compatibility FAQ out there that will shed
more light, since it should work fine.
Received on Tue Mar 27 00:29:02 2007