Install 32 bit libraries on 64 bit Fedora 15

[audifanatic518]

Hi,

I'm a linux newb and I've been wanting to develop Android applications in Fedora. I have the 64-bit version of Fedora 15 and the device emulator in the Android SDK is only 32 bit. I'll get the following error when trying to start a virtual Android device:

unset SDL_VIDEODRIVER

Adding 32 bit support hasn't been the easiest thing to figure out and I'm wondering if anyone can give me a hand. Thanks!

[publius21]

I'm far a linux guru myself, but I'll tell you how stumbled onto installing the 32-bit libraries. Some other distros have an obvious option to add it, but Fedora doesn't make it obvious.

Go into the GUI add/remove software app and, in the options somwhere, uncheck the option to only show "native packages", which will then allow the .i686 32-bit packages to become visible from the repos.

Now, search for "libc" or "glibc" (I can't remember which I used) and choose the 32-bit, i686 library package. That should bring in most of the core/base stuff. You may need some more packages after that for whatever you're trying to do, but that will get you started.

[audifanatic518]

I'm far a linux guru myself, but I'll tell you how stumbled onto installing the 32-bit libraries. Some other distros have an obvious option to add it, but Fedora doesn't make it obvious.

Go into the GUI add/remove software app and, in the options somwhere, uncheck the option to only show "native packages", which will then allow the .i686 32-bit packages to become visible from the repos.

Now, search for "libc" or "glibc" (I can't remember which I used) and choose the 32-bit, i686 library package. That should bring in most of the core/base stuff. You may need some more packages after that for whatever you're trying to do, but that will get you started.

Do you remember what the library was named?

[publius21]

Search on "glibc". Choose the "i686" version of the package and install it. That should pull in most of the 32-bit libraries.