Am 05.05.2011 20:58, schrieb Emilio Xavier Esposito:
> Hi
> I recently did a fresh install of SL6 x86_64 (formerly running SL5.3
> x86_64) and realized that the 32 bit libraries were not installed. SL6
> is up-to-date and I have installed the NVIDIA drivers from NVIDIA.
>
> One application returns the following when trying to run the gui
> version but the command line version works as expected.
> libSM.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>
> I have looked in the "Add/Remove Software" application for the "32 bit
> libraries" package but could not find them.  I have also tried to
> install the 32 bit (i686) version of the libraries using rpm.  The rpm
> command and resulting error are:
>
> [root@SL6box ~]# rpm -i
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/os/Packages/libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.i686.rpm
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libuuid.so.1 is needed by libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.i686
>         libuuid.so.1(UUID_1.0) is needed by libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.i686
> [root@SL6box ~]# rpm -i
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6x/x86_64/os/Packages/libuuid-2.17.2-6.el6.i686.rpm
>         package libuuid-2.17.2-6.el6_0.1.x86_64 (which is newer than
> libuuid-2.17.2-6.el6.i686) is already installed
>
> I have also tried to include the i686 repo under yum but have received
> the same results.
>
> Is there another way of installing the 32 bit libraries?  As the
> missing libraries are most likely graphics related, is there a subset
> of libraries I should install?  Or should I install SL 5.5 or Fedora?
>
> Thank you
> Emilio
Have you tried installing the package directly via yum: 'yum install 
libSM.i686'. Worked here on a 64bit SL6 system without fiddling with the 
repos. We rely heavily on 32bit libs and I usually don't need to grab 
them manually.

Best regards,
Thomas