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osmano807

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 21

Build x64 apps inside x86

Can I compile programs for x64 within an x86 system?

How?

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Build x64 apps inside x86

Yes you can, but i don't if it's easy to set up:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=518979

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,487

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Re: Build x64 apps inside x86

I run the x86_64 kernel and modules on my i686 system so I can have a x86_64 chroot for building packages.  Much the same setup as people an i686 chroot on an x86_64 system.

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