Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:37:57 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: 32-bit/i386 ports/packges on amd64 Message-ID: <45FE7615.3090606@icyb.net.ua>
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I installed FreeBSD 6.2 amd64 and then a lot of amd64 bit packages on top of that. Now I need a browser with java plugin. As I understand there is no browser plugin in 64-bit java (e.g. jdk15). One option that I saw is to use linux browser with linux java. While this is a valid option, I still want to get FreeBSD i386 bowser with FreeBSD i386 java running. As a browser I'd like to get either opera (which is i386-only for freebsd) or firefox; for JRE I'd like either 1.4 or 1.5. I saw a number of questions on this list about installing opera on amd64 and about 32-bit java. But I didn't find any comprehensive answers, howtos, etc. Has anyone succeeded with this ? Has anyone managed to develop a well-defined and maintainable way of using i386 packages (and/or ports) on amd64 ? P.S. Isn't it a little bit ironic that using *Linux* 32-bit packages on amd64 is a supported and easy option, but using FreeBSD i386 packages is a gray, if not dark, territory ? BTW, it seems that various Linux distros have developed ways for easy co-existence of x86 and x86_64 packages. -- Andriy Gapon
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