Restoring home after change to 64 bit.

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:10:31 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> I am getting a new PC to replace one running 14.04 32 bit. I plan to
> install 64 bit. If I copy my home folder across to the new machine after
> install should all be well or will the fact that I am changing to 64 bit
> cause problems?

Data files (eg documents, images, A/V files, etc.) should not matter. If you
have *compiled* programs in your home directory tree, they may or may not work
(depending on if you install 32-bit support libraries).  If these where 
compiled from source, they can/should be recompiled.

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