Are there any 64 bit apps repositories?

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 07:34:29AM +1100, Ken Caldwell wrote:
> I have just completed a new installation using the
> hoary-preview-install-amd64.iso on a box with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+
> uname -r shows 2.6.10-4-amd64-generic but the lines in
> /etc/apt/sources.list do not appear to have any mention of something
> like amd64 in them nor do the package names (except the kernel)

sources.list assumes the architecture you're running, and package names
do not in general need to change depending on the architecture.

> Am I correct in assuming that the installation uses the standard 32bit
> apps rather than any specially compiled 64bit ones?

No; you're running a pure 64-bit distribution (with a very few
exceptions where the 64-bit versions couldn't be made to work).

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]