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Desura 32bit games don't work on 64bit Ubuntu 12.04

Asked by Tyler Burton

Correct me if I'm mistaken but I thought that Ubuntu 12.04 x64 was supposed to support running 32bit applications on the 64bit install? Is this not the case? While playing (no pun intended) around with Desura the other day I accidentally downloaded a 32bit native Linux game and it failed miserably. If Ubuntu 12.04 does indeed support running 32bit programs transparently then isn't this a bug?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

after you install the deb, run:

sudo apt-get -f install

And it should pull in all the 32bit deps it needs

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Tyler Burton (tylerburtonca) said : 		#2

Ah but in this case they aren't debs. Is there a standard meta-package that installs all of the requires 32bit libs?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you don't install with a deb, the package system won't know what to install. There is no '32bit libs', each app needs different libs and the package system will satisfy these when you install the 32bit deb in the OS

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Tyler Burton (tylerburtonca) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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DaniDuese (d-schwark) said : 		#5

Actually you, Tyler, answered the question yourself!

Since there is no package for certain programs one has to install the ia32-libs. That helped me to make a 32bit game run, without the need of a deb package.