sorry if this has already been asked

Is it fairly easy to run most 32bit apps on a 64bit OS

im thinking of moving over to a 64bit linux distro but i need 32bit apps to work.

Apps needed are: Apache, lighthttpd http://www.lighttpd.net/ or any Http server app,
pureftp or any ftp server app,
teamspeak http://www.goteamspeak.com/index.php?page=requirements

may be the only program i need in 32bit is teamspeak i would think 64bit web and ftp server apps are available?



thx

It depends on distro. In some like SuSE, it comes with full backwards compatibility. In some, like gentoo, you need to specifically setup backwards compatibility during setup or you will have 64bit only.

It is a matter of kernel options and libraries. If you want both, you have to have the 64bit on, with 32bit available in the kernel. Then you need both libraries for every dependency you would need 32bit for. It sounds worse than it really is though. For the most part, you are fine.

thx,

really the only program im worried about is teamspeak im going to do some searching on the net to see if others are able to run teamspeak on x86_64

Also if anyone knows of any 64bit webserver and ftpserver programs (ie Apache 64bit) that wouold be great

Ummm dude 64bit server apps have been out for a while. I'm running 64bit apache.... Also you if you think about it you can still compile programs for 64bit just as long as the source is available.

ok sounds like i should be good to go

it will take awhile as i need to migrate from slackware 32bit

Why apologise when you can instead search and find an answer if it has been asked already, or if you can't find it, you'll know with fair certainty you're not repeating a topic so you don't receive scorn and jeering from others? Just FYI I'm sitting here laughing at you. *grin* Just kidding, try searching next time though; you'll find many questions are covered in very good detail already on messageboards more often than not.

For the most part, yes, with a few caveats (most notably proprietary drivers and win32 video codecs)

Why on God's green earth would you run 32-bit apache on 64-bit Linux? Run Apache compiled for 64-bit Linux.

Correct, just run 64-bit web and ftp daemons.

I'm running 64bit mandriva with a lot of 32 bit stuff... firefox 32 (for plugin support), OOo, cedega, crossover, binary linux and windows games and apps, all sorts of stuff. works well for the most part. Most of the main stuff is 64 bit...

If you want to run 32 bit applications in 64bit ubuntu you should
apt-get install ia32-libs

Please read the date on the question before providing an answer too late to be relevant to the thread.

I'm aware that this is an old thread and the original poster is unlikely to be still interested in the subject, but I thought that this information could be useful for people like me, who look for answers for present questions in old threads.