[aur-general] multilib

[Nathan O]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Gary Wright <wriggary at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Nathan O <ndowens.aur at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I installed the x86_64 version of Arch, and I was looking at the wiki on
> > running 32-bit apps in a 64-bit environment which seems what the multilib
> > project/repo does. Though If I try and do pacman -S gcc-multilib
> > gcc-libs-multilib binutils-multilib libtool-multilib lib32-glibc. Pacman
> > gives me that binutils and binutils-multilib conflict. Do I let
> multilib's
> > version replace it? Mainly I want to build i686/x86_64 packages and make
> > sure they work fine on both architectures as well, maybe with running a
> few
> > 32-bit only applications if I come across them.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> Sadly enough, its been a while since I've booted into a linux
> environment.  (mostly because since xorg 1.6/kernel 2.6.26 my radeon
> 9800 just doesn't work all that well anymore.)  But such queries might
> be answered better on the multilib mailinglist:
>
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-multilib
>
> Also, to answer your question:
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=binutils+and+binutils-multilib+conflict
>
> Its the first result :)
>
> Gary.
>
Off topic, have you tried the xf86-video-ati driver to see if it will work?