Re: [libreoffice-users] Which Conflicts?

On 09/10/11 11:39, planas wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 14:19 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: 
>
>   
> > On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:39:14AM +0100, Tom Davies wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi :)
> > > Ouch!  Perhaps just reboot the machine (rofls).  That typical Windows answer has actually 
> > > helped me in Ubuntu sometimes which was worrying!  Just closing and then re-opening the package 
> > > manager might help as they seem to do a bit of tidying and fresh scanning in the process.  
> > >
> > > In no particular order ... 
> > >
> > > Can you install the 64bit as though installing it in parallel with an 'existing' install (even 
> > > tho the 'existing' one has been uninstalled)?
> > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel
> > > I'm not sure how that page does it so it might be fairly unhelpful.
> > >
> > > Have you tried re-installing the 32bit again and see if that has problems too?  If not it might 
> > > uninstall more cleanly 2nd time around or you might spot what's going wrong now you know to 
> > > watch for problems.  
> > >
> > > Have you used the package manager to search for installed items to do with libreoffice/soffice, 
> > > checked the history of the last actions the package manager took?  Again i am not sure if it 
> > > would help but it's probably the easiest thing to look at quickly even if it's not helpful.  
> > >       
> > I would be concerned with the reason the 32 bit program wouldn't run
> > correctly. Everything I've read says 32 bit progs run just fine on a 64
> > bit system.
> >
> >     
> On Windows 32 bit packages will often run on 64 bit OS but on Linux that
> is often not true. 
>   
On my Suse 64 bit there are a set of libraries that allow 32 bit
programs to run fine. I think that they show up as a dependency the
first time you install a 32 bit package on the 64 bit system, and get
installed by YAST.
steve

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