Issue installing Google Hangouts plugin in Chrome

SimonPalmieri · 12-10-2013, 11:43 PM

Hello guys, new Slacker here. Trying to install the Google Hangouts plugin in Google Chrome but I'm running 64 bit. When I looked around on SlackBuilds, the shell script there was only for the i386 (32bit) binary. The amd64 binary was unsupported. It said I needed to do a multilib setup. I know this is going to involve installing the 32 bit binary but how do I know I have the 32 bit libraries that I'll need? How do I go about installing this?
Running Slackware 14.1

Thanks,

Simon

ponce · 12-11-2013, 12:04 AM

hi Simon,

to do a multilib setup, you have just to follow what's written here, upgrading glibc/gcc, installing the compat32-tools and the stuff in ./slackware64-compat32/

http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/

after having done that, in the specific case of google-talkplugin, you don't need to follow what's written in the sections "Adding 32-bit programs", "Running 32-bit programs" and "Compiling 32-bit programs", but just use normally the SlackBuild on SBo, that repackages the deb labelled "amd64" (don't get misleaded by that, it still needs multilib).

SimonPalmieri · 12-11-2013, 01:49 AM

Molto grazie ponce, it works well

Just a few questions (and I'm just curious), how is this package a multilib? Just a little confused since it says 64-bit on SlackBuilds and it's amd64. Also, how do I know if I need a 64-bit that may require multilib or a 32-bit binary? And if I need a 32-bit binary, how would I install it? Just with installpkg now that I've updated everything or do I need to run that script that's mentioned on that webpage?

Thanks!

Simon