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kaola_linux

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From: Bacolod City/Philippines

Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 513

How to make use of 32bit packages on Arch64

Hello everyone, I recently installed arch 64bit which was not yet fully tweaked to suit my needs. 
My 32bit version has some nice apps and I would like to know how to make use of them or even reuse them so that I won't download things anymore because I have a slow internet connection...:)

Arch x86_64 / XFCE4

Thanks in advance

Last edited by kaola_linux (2008-12-09 15:24:36)

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phabulosa

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From: Mountain View, CA

Registered: 2007-10-17

Posts: 182

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Re: How to make use of 32bit packages on Arch64

Hello everyone, I recently installed arch 64bit which was not yet fully tweaked to suit my needs. 
My 32bit version has some nice apps and I would like to know how to make use of them or even reuse them so that I won't download things anymore because I have a slow internet connection...:)

Arch x86_64 / XFCE4

Thanks in advance

You can reuse the packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ on your  Arch32.

You can use these saved packages in a 32bit chroot ENV on your Arch64. Just pacman -U all of them.