[LBo] Chroot or 32bit apps in 64bit Linux [WAS: Adobe Acrobat Reader on FC6 x86_64]

[Bert Van Kets]

Stefan Waidele wrote:
> Andrew Henry schrieb:
>   
>> [...]
>> You don't *need* a chroot.  A user called Kilz has a script and guide for 
>> installing Firefox 32bit with Flash 9 player, Java, Quicktime and Realplayer 
>> (last 2 through 32bit Mplayer) under amd64.  Search the forums for all posts by 
>> Kilz to find it. 
>>     
>
> Good news, folks: We don't need to read ALL of Kilz' posts. ANY one of
> them will do: He has the links in his signature:
>
> For Firefox et al.:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1174435
> and for Wine:
> http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=185557
>
> And finally, for those who want to try out chroots, this should be a
> good start:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot
>
> I did not really read any of them, but at a glance they do look nice,
>
> Stefan
>
>   
I run Firefox without any problem out of the box on FC6.
I'm also running IEs4Lin (need it for testing website compatibility) 
without any problem, so wine runs fine on FC6 x86_64

I'll check out the links to see what specific tricks are used though.
Thanks