32bit Binary programs on Gentoo 2005.0

telegraph_road · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 4

Hi everyone!

I've installed on my athlon64 processor the gentoo 2005.0 for amd64; everything is ok but some 32bit programs, like macromedia flash or realplayer, can't start.

Flash does not compare in the plugin-list of firefox (about:plugins)... what I have to do?

With realplayer I have the following error:

Kuhrscher · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:09 am Post subject:

Did you install all neccessaray emul-x86-libs?

Realplayer needs a lot of 32bit libs, located in /usr/lib32 or /lib32.

telegraph_road · n00b Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 4

Thanks... I've installed all emul-x86-libs and now it starts!!! Is this a portage bug? Why emerge doesn't install all required libraries as it do with all other packages?

I still have some problems with the flash player... any idea?

Matteo

dryadcito · Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject: netscape-flash

I'm almost sure you have read de handbook but I'll say this just in case...

if you have emerged mozilla-firefox ( compiling it ) you won't be able to load that 32-bit plugin, you have to emerge mozilla-firefox-bin instead, which is a 32-bit binary. You'll also have to emerge netscape-flash since it's not tracked as a dependency ( I think, I can remember ! ).

hvengel · Guru Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 515

Also there is an open source flash named glpflash. It is still not 100% but most stuff works. This can be installed with a compiled 64 firefox.