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Hi,
I am running openSUSE 11.0 on a 32 bit system. Some packages that i
need to install from the Webpin search are listed as noarch as well as
32 and 64 bit. Which should i install: 32 bit or noarch ones?

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Hmm, difficult, that one, I’d say 32bit :wink:

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And for what reason? Cos i have already installed some of the noarch
versions.:frowning:

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Can you name some examples?

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samrat rao wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running openSUSE 11.0 on a 32 bit system. Some packages that i
> need to install from the Webpin search are listed as noarch as well as
> 32 and 64 bit. Which should i install: 32 bit or noarch ones?

noarch should work ok on 32 and 64 bit Intel/AMD systems, AND on PowerPC, etc.

32 bit should work ok on 32 and 64 bit Intel/AMD systems.

64 bit should work ok on 64 bit Intel/AMD systems.

much more at: http://rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-file-format.html

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ken_yap;1905175 Wrote:
> Can you name some examples?
Do not remember, but how about libpng? It lists compatibility versions
and 32-bit versions.

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On my system:

> libpng12-0-32bit-1.2.26-14.2
> libpng12-0-1.2.26-14.2

One’s a 64-bit version and the other is the 32-bit version. No noarch
there. Next example?

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