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sunnieside-up

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Registered: 2011-08-10

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[SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

Hey guys,

I'm trying to install skype and wine on my x64 arch... I did as the wiki says, to enable the multilib in pacman.conf, and ran pacman -Syy and pacman -Syu but the i686 apps still weren't showing up. So I added i686 mirrors to pacman's mirrorlist and the i686 apps are still not showing up. Can someone tell me what wrong? Thanks!

Last edited by sunnieside-up (2011-08-17 22:44:35)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

What's the output of 'pacman -S skype'?

added i686 mirrors to pacman's mirrorlist

No idea what you mean, the mirrors carry both architectures.
If you enabled some servers explicitly telling them to use 32-bit packages, like
Server = http://herecura.be/repo/herecura-stable/i686

revert that.

@fsckd
/me pounds chest ;P

Last edited by karol (2011-08-17 21:50:11)

fsckd

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

You only need multilib. What output do you get when you try pacman -S skype?

Edit: *shakes fist at karol*

Last edited by fsckd (2011-08-17 21:48:15)

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sunnieside-up

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

Thanks for the quick replies!

pacman -S skype
error: target not found: skype

And  I mean all the severs in my mirrorlist are like:
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

So I changed one to:
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

And  I mean all the severs in my mirrorlist are like:
Server = http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

So I changed one to:
Server = ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686

Don't do it.

Pick a fresh mirrorlist http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ and try again. If skype installation fails, post your pacman.conf,

sunnieside-up

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

I picked a new mirrorlist, ran pacman -Syy, and it still can't find skype.

pacman.conf:

[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload
#CheckSpace

# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

You need to remove the '#' from '#[multilib]' so that it reads

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

just like in the wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … positories

When pasting code, please use [ code ] tags https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

like this

It makes the code more readable and more convenient to scroll through.

Last edited by karol (2011-08-17 22:35:17)

sunnieside-up

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Re: [SOLVED] Installing i686 on x64

Ok thank you very much, and I will keep that in mind! It works!