downloading 32 bit libs to run bitpim on Ubuntu 16

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 8:22 PM Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Besides he cheap camera, I also have a flip phone that just
> became obsolete on VZ network but I can't talk to it. If
> I had something like bitpim and more specs I may be able
> to play with camera or other features via Ubuntu.
> bitpim seems to be a lot of python but needs
> a lot of 32 bit libs apparently for graphics. I was able
> to get the libstdc++ 32 bit but then it wanted more.
> Is there some easy way to get these ( I can use apt-get download
> and dpkg-deb to unpack them in an isolated location but
> not sure I can get them from current repo).

In this case, you can use an old/end-of-life version of Ubuntu. I
recall using Bitpim back in 2012 and 2013. You should try Ubuntu
12.04.

Setup a 32-bit VM for Ubuntu.

Download the image from https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ .

Once you install the OS, you need to change the base URL in
sources.list. The packages for the older Ubuntu releases can be found
at archive.ubuntu.com. Use archive.ubuntu.com in
/etc/apt/sources.list.

Then, you can install software, get updates, etc.

I use the same procedure to build old VMs for regression testing. I've
still got a Ubuntu 4 machine I use for testing.

Jeff