Firefox and java applets under AMD 64

[Kenneth P. Turvey]

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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:38:55 +0200, Henk Koster wrote:

> Well, we would all *love* to have just 64-bit applications on our 64-bit
> platforms, but alas... Luckily, there is 32-bit compatibility mode, so
> that you can run 32-bit applications in a 64-bit OS (not chroot-ed)
> provided they don't rely on 64-bit library calls. Examples: Acrobat Reader
> (acroread) and Opera 9 (and, indeed OO). As far as Opera is concerned,
> they provide a statically-linked .deb for this purpose on their download
> site, install it with "sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture ...". You may
> also need to install ia32-libs -- these packages work fine on my 64-bit
> Opteron-based system under Dapper amd64.
> 
> Hope this helps.

I gave this a shot, but I couldn't find the statically linked opera so I
installed the one for Ubuntu dapper and it crashed on start up.  Some of
the libraries it wanted weren't available on my system.  I think they
might have been Opera specific.  

Ideally I would stick with my Firefox browser, but just use the 32 bit
one.  Is there an easy way to do this under Dapper?  

Thanks for your help, 

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Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-usenet at squeakydolphin.com>

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