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Matthias Wandel
Matthias Wandel

Reputation: 6493

Cannot run 32-bit apps on 64-bit Linux

I have a very minimal install of Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit.

When I try to run some 32-bit programs, such as my jhead program, I get the message No such file or directory.

I figured it may be a library problem, but when I do:

ldd jhead

instead of a list of libraries it needs, I just get the message not a dynamic application. Same for another old 32-bit app I use.

So it would appear some very important components for running 32 bit apps are not installed. But how do I even determine what these are?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 5053

Answers (2)

Marco van de Voort
Marco van de Voort

Reputation: 26401

Doing ldd ./ might help to see which library dependancies are succesfully resolved.

Upvotes: 0

lothar
lothar

Reputation: 20267

You will need to install the 32bit library package

ia32-libs - ia32 shared libraries for use on amd64 and ia64 systems

go and execute

sudo aptitude install ia32-libs

Upvotes: 14

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