Switching from 64 bit to 32 bit version

Leonard Bussey lbus42 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 19 19:28:07 UTC 2008


On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 10:44 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
> Leonard Bussey wrote:
> > Hello
> > I'm somewhat new to Ubuntu.  I installed the 64 bit version on my Compaq
> > laptop.  Is there an easy way to change it the 32 bit version or should
> > I do a re-install?  Thank you for your assistance.
> >
> >
> >
> >   
>     The only way to change is to re-install a 32 bit version. Sorry, but 
> that is how it is.
> 
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
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> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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> 
I did some searching on the forums and found that I could CHROOT the 32
bit programs (i.e. Firefox, Adobe Flash, etc..), but it looked like more
than what I want to get into right now.  Installing the 32 bit version
looks like the best bet right now.

Thank you for the reply. 

Len Bussey





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