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I need to install 32bit version of libstdc++5 on my amd64 system. How to?

Asked by Uqbar

I need to run a 32bit binary only application on my amd64 system.
It's complaining that it's missing the libstdc++.so.5 library.
I actually have it, but it's the 64bit one.
I've donwloaded the 32bit deb file (libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb) but cannot install it.
How can I do it without overwriting the 64bit version?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

dpkg -x libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb

will will extract the deb and make folder named usr, if you look in there you will find the .so file you need. You can then move this file into /usr/lib32

Should be ok

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Uqbar (uqbar) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.