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