32bit on AMD64

[Loïc Grenié]

2010/11/18 Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon at decoulon.ch>:
> On Thursday 18 November 2010 01:40:15 am Markus Schönhaber wrote:
>> 17.11.2010 21:44, Thierry de Coulon:
>> > Is there some magic I can do to (force?) install an i386 package?
>>
>> Yes.
>> dpkg --install --force-architecture <package>
>> should do it.
>
> It _does_ get the debs installed (actually converted from rpm) but the scanner
> is not seen by sane, so the driver is, at least not loaded.
>
> Il have to take a closer look at what is supposed to be loaded. Or should I
> remove sane/64 and install the 32 bit version?

    Indeed. The 32 bit libs can be used only by 32 bit programs. You
  need 32 bit sane and the corresponding 32 bit libraries. It will easily
  get hairy !

       Loïc