Hi Thomas
Thank you for the suggestion.  Attempting to install the libSM.i686
library via yum returns:

Transaction Check Error:
  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 think something might be really off regarding the workstation as it
cannot find numpy even though it is installed (according to yum).

Emilio

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:43 PM, tom P <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
>