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Trying to run x32 program in x64 Ubuntu

Asked by Eduardo

I want to run WPS Office suite on my dual boot ubuntu 14.10 and win 8.1 laptop. Because I am running 64 bit ubuntu, WPS wont do anything, as it is 32 bit. Do I need to install 32 bit Architecture or something? Lib32 no longer exists, so I am at a loss. Please help!

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Greg Beam (ki7mt) said : 		#1

Hi Eduardo,

I'm not overly familiar with WPS, but did stumble across this, all bit it, for 14.04:

http://wps-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=389

Seems you need to add i386 architecture

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && sudo apt-get update

Seems a bit much just to run one office suite, when others are available, but it's up to the user I suppose.

Regards,
KI7MT

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Eduardo (eduardovelez3rd) said : 		#2

True, but I plan on installing more 32 bit programs.