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I just installed FC5 (x86_64) on my Turion64 laptop. So far, so good; however, as everybody has probably noticed, you don't get far on the Internet these days without a Macromedia Flash plugin. As Macromedia hasn't gotten on the schtick yet and released a 64-bit plugin, I will be forced to run the 32-bit Firefox, which is not included by default in 64-bit FC5.
On my old FC4 install, I achieved this simply by downloading the "stock" 32-bit Firefox from http://www.getfirefox.com/ (the main reason being that I wanted to use Firefox 1.5 but there were no FC4 RPMS available at the time). That got the job done, but lacked some integration with GNOME that the Fedora-provided RPMS had.
Thus, I would like to use the Fedora-supplied 32-bit Firefox for FC5. I followed the suggestion on this post in order to setup a Yum repository, replacing the "4" with a "5" obviously where necessary. I then executed
Code:
yum --enablerepo=base-i386 install firefox.i386
. It looks like it will go through; however, it also wants to install some other i386 libs along with it...
Code:
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
firefox i386 1.5.0.1-9 base-i386 17 M
Installing for dependencies:
esound i386 1:0.2.36-2.2.1 core 130 k
gnome-keyring i386 0.4.9-1 core 140 k
libbonoboui i386 2.14.0-1 base-i386 384 k
libgnome i386 2.14.0-1 base-i386 843 k
libgnomeui i386 2.14.0-1 base-i386 974 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 6 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 19 M
Is this ok [y/N]:
So, my questions are...
1a. This didn't say anything about removing the existing (64-bit) Firefox. So, when I click my Firefox icon in GNOME, how is it going to know which version to run?
1b. Should I just simplify things and remove the 64-bit Firefox?
2. It wants to install i386 versions of libs which undoubtedly already exist on my machine in x86_64 variants. Can these libs coexist with the 64-bit libs? In other words, will the applications that are already happy using the 64-bit libs continue to use the 64-bit libs, or will they prefer the 32-bit libs?
Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
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Answers 1a; the i386 version will run, see answer 1b
Answer 1b; that's a good idea, see answer 1a
Answer 2;
This is normal nothing to fret about, many of us are running mixed mode environments (both 32-bit and 64-bit applications) with out a problem. Yes, the 32-bit libs can and do coexist with the 64-bit counterparts. The 64-bit applications will use the 64-bit libs, the 32-bit applications will use the 32-bit libs, cannot run 64-bit or 32-bit applications without the required libs.
Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
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Glad you enjoyed it......
I just had to do it!!!!!!
FYI: when you get around to installing mplayer install the 32-bit version, some (OK most of) the codec plugins do not work with the 64-bit version (wma comes to mind).
hey guys! ive been trying to install 32-bit firefox on my 64-bit system, and i can get as far as downloading the packages, but then i get loads of errors:
Code:
Transaction Check Error: package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1 (which is newer than libgnome-2.10.0-3) is already installed
package libgnomeui-2.14.1-1.fc5.1 (which is newer than libgnomeui-2.10.0-1) is already installed
package libbonoboui-2.14.0-1 (which is newer than libbonoboui-2.8.1-4) is already installed
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_accessibility_keyboard.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_accessibility_startup.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_browser.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_help_viewer.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_terminal.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_window_manager.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_background.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_file_views.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_interface.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_lockdown.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_peripherals_keyboard.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_peripherals_mouse.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_sound.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_thumbnailers.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_typing_break.schemas from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/sound/events/gnome-2.soundlist from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/sound/events/gtk-events-2.soundlist from install of libgnome-2.10.0-3 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
im a linux newbie, so any help you can give would be much appreciated
oh and if your interested heres the packages it tried to install:
Code:
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
firefox i386 1.0.4-4 base-i386 18 M
Installing for dependencies:
gnome-keyring i386 0.4.9-1 core 140 k
libbonoboui i386 2.8.1-4 base-i386 356 k
libgnome i386 2.10.0-3 base-i386 705 k
libgnomeui i386 2.10.0-1 base-i386 848 k
xorg-x11-libs i386 6.8.2-31 base-i386 2.5 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 6 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 23 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
Posts: 4,790
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by croco
hey guys! ive been trying to install 32-bit firefox on my 64-bit system, and i can get as far as downloading the packages, but then i get loads of errors:
Code:
Transaction Check Error: package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1 (which is newer than libgnome-2.10.0-3) is already installed
package libgnomeui-2.14.1-1.fc5.1 (which is newer than libgnomeui-2.10.0-1) is already installed
Hmmmmm......... it seems that some FC5 rpms are installed...........
Quote:
oh and if your interested heres the packages it tried to install:
Code:
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
firefox i386 1.0.4-4 base-i386 18 M
Installing for dependencies:
gnome-keyring i386 0.4.9-1 core 140 k
libbonoboui i386 2.8.1-4 base-i386 356 k
libgnome i386 2.10.0-3 base-i386 705 k
libgnomeui i386 2.10.0-1 base-i386 848 k
xorg-x11-libs i386 6.8.2-31 base-i386 2.5 M
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 6 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 23 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
And the firefox version your trying to install is for FC4 just like the gnome and xorg-xll-libs packages listed above.
So I suspect that you have FC4 installed correct???
Check; cat /etc/*release
First thing first, please bring your installation current follow the instructions here;
Next you need to get the matching 32-bit versions of the gnome-keyring, libbonoboui, libgnome and libgnomeui rpm packages from FC5 and install them along with any required dependencies. Install the updated xorg-x11-libs rpm by typing something like;
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Yes but it is not quite that simple, a little extra work is required....
The libstdc++.so.5 32-bit lib file is needed for the 32-bit version to work, it is part of the compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-55.fc5.i386.rpm package and this needs the 64-bit counterpart in order to be used properly on a 64-bit OS. Both of these packages can be installed at the same time by typing something like; rpm -Uvh compat*.rpm
Then you can extract firefox tar.qz file into your home directory. You will have to create/edit your own link for this to be present on the GUI menu.
I run the site at retrovision.tv and I'm using a couple of athlon x2 computers to do encoding, so I didn't want to kill mplayer by installing it in 32 bit, also the vlc plugin has a hemmorage unless it's 32 bit too.
Running 32-bit apps gets to be a hassle and that you might as well have installed 32-bit linux by the time you screw things up by dual librarying everything. I think Stanton Finley sorta says this less forcefully too.
So, because I'm running a TV site, and wanted to take advantage of the 64 bit OS, I figured out something that works pretty slick. I just use windows firefox and wine. This gives you windows java and flash the MediaPlayerConnectivity plugin will launch vlc or mplayer (also wine installed).
This is kind of a screwy solution, but on athlon 64 computers, you won't notice the emulation, and it keeps your libraries from getting weird.
After all, it's just a browser.
One way is "yum install wine" and the other is messing around for a couple hours and wishing you hadn't.
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It is not hard to get the 32-bit version firefox working on a a 64-bit system, most Red Hat based distro's load the 32 libs needed along with 64-bit libs. I have the RHEL5beta1 installed (with updates) on both 32 and 64 bit systems. Both have the latest 32-bit versions of firefox, mplayer along with the mplayerplug-in, Adobe, flashplayer (the new flash 9 beta which is not quite right yet), the latest jre and other plugins installed and working without any problems. In fact while the jre is 32-bit it is installed along with the latest 64-bit jdk.
Red Hat isn't free software. It is nice to know that if you pay, they made it happy. I found out (and I have gotten it working) that so little of the 64 bit OS remained to make the browser work, that I should have installed 32 bit.
Hey Guys I just got the same error as of you but then I remembered I madde the base-i386.repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/.. and there was the problem because in the file theres something like:
Hey Guys I just got the same error as of you but then I remembered I madde the base-i386.repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/.. and there was the problem because in the file theres something like:
so it will install the FC4 program´s..
now just type
Code:
gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/base-i386.repo
in root and edit 4 to 5 and youre done.. I hope...
..I haven tried it yet because FF1.5 x86_64 still working while typing this :P
so Lets try
getting back on my own post:
still getting some transaction check errors, here it is..
Code:
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
firefox i386 1.5.0.1-9 base-i386 17 M
Installing for dependencies:
gnome-keyring i386 0.4.9-1 core 140 k
libbonoboui i386 2.14.0-1 base-i386 384 k
libgnome i386 2.14.0-1 base-i386 843 k
libgnomeui i386 2.14.0-1 base-i386 974 k
Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install 5 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 0 Package(s)
Total download size: 19 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): firefox-1.5.0.1-9. 100% |=========================| 17 MB 02:10
(2/5): libgnome-2.14.0-1. 100% |=========================| 843 kB 00:07
(3/5): libgnomeui-2.14.0- 100% |=========================| 974 kB 00:06
(4/5): libbonoboui-2.14.0 100% |=========================| 384 kB 00:01
(5/5): gnome-keyring-0.4. 100% |=========================| 140 kB 00:01
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
there everything looked fine for a moment but then...
Code:
Transaction Check Error: package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1 (which is newer than libgnome-2.14.0-1) is already installed
package libgnomeui-2.14.1-1.fc5.1 (which is newer than libgnomeui-2.14.0-1) is already installed
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_accessibility_keyboard.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_accessibility_startup.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_browser.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_help_viewer.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_terminal.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_applications_window_manager.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_background.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_file_views.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_interface.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_lockdown.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_peripherals_keyboard.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_peripherals_mouse.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_sound.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_thumbnailers.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/gconf/schemas/desktop_gnome_typing_break.schemas from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/sound/events/gnome-2.soundlist from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
file /etc/sound/events/gtk-events-2.soundlist from install of libgnome-2.14.0-1 conflicts with file from package libgnome-2.14.1-1.fc5.1
looks like some are already installed half?
or is it because i'm still in gnome? hmm... I will come back on that..
Grtzz DM
Last edited by DyingMuppet; 10-23-2006 at 10:48 AM.
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