64 bit support

AprilHare · 02-16-2009, 05:52 AM

"Note: On a 64bit machine, you must have 32-bit versions of common libraries like X11, freetype, fontconfig, expat and their varios dependencies installed. "
I can't do that Kovid; it's just not practical. Couldn't you test 64 bit in QEMU? it supports x64 emulation on 32 bit machines, I checked it out.

user_none · 02-16-2009, 06:50 AM

I believe that that requirement only applies to the Linux binary installer. You could build from source yourself to get around this. Also, why can't you have the 32bit version of those libs on your system? It seems practical and reasonable to me, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse to name a few distors all ship with either 32bit libs or with easy access for adding them in their 64 bit version.

02-16-2009, 05:52 AM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	64 bit support "Note: On a 64bit machine, you must have 32-bit versions of common libraries like X11, freetype, fontconfig, expat and their varios dependencies installed. " I can't do that Kovid; it's just not practical. Couldn't you test 64 bit in QEMU? it supports x64 emulation on 32 bit machines, I checked it out.

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02-16-2009, 06:50 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	I believe that that requirement only applies to the Linux binary installer. You could build from source yourself to get around this. Also, why can't you have the 32bit version of those libs on your system? It seems practical and reasonable to me, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse to name a few distors all ship with either 32bit libs or with easy access for adding them in their 64 bit version.

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