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Title: Wrong architecure
Post by: Faizfast6 on September 03, 2008, 03:13:10 PM: Is there a version for the 64-bit architecture? I don't even know my Pentium 4 processor is a 64-bit until I notice it downloaded AMD64 packages during updates and some software installs.
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: zilog on September 04, 2008, 09:13:23 AM: Quote from: Faizfast6 on September 03, 2008, 03:13:10 PM
Is there a version for the 64-bit architecture? I don't even know my Pentium 4 processor is a 64-bit until I notice it downloaded AMD64 packages during updates and some software installs.

Hallo,
in the majority of todays 64-bit distros (where the size really doesn't matter, 64-bit binaries always more bloated than 32-bit one) the ia-32 compatibility layer is usually present (or ready for installation). With CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION-enabled kernel and the subset of legacy IA-32 libraries, avast will work with no problem.

Just, when installing, you might need to tell the installer that the IA-32 (i386) architecture labelled package is the proper one, to override internal checks, for example:

dpkg --force-architecture -i xxxx.deb

regards,
pc
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: Faizfast6 on September 04, 2008, 03:51:23 PM: Will it work on all distributions? I'm using Ubuntu.
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: zilog on September 04, 2008, 06:50:12 PM: Quote from: Faizfast6 on September 04, 2008, 03:51:23 PM
Will it work on all distributions? I'm using Ubuntu.

of course, the example with *.deb applies exactly to the Ubuntu.

regards,
pc
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: Faizfast6 on September 13, 2008, 01:00:41 AM: I know this is a dumb question but,

will it turn my 64-bit install to a 32-bit?
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: zilog on September 15, 2008, 11:38:23 AM: Quote from: Faizfast6 on September 13, 2008, 01:00:41 AM
I know this is a dumb question but,

will it turn my 64-bit install to a 32-bit?

Unfortunately (yes, I'm a bit bitter about the 64-bit hype) nope - your distribution will stay fully 64-bit, but will be able to run legacy 32-bit applications too :).

Regards,
PC
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: Checoimg on January 12, 2011, 12:34:39 AM: I installed Bochs but I get this error on console

user@user-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb
dpkg-deb: unexpected end of file in version number in avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb
user@user-laptop:~$
Title: Re: Wrong architecure
Post by: Checoimg on January 12, 2011, 03:16:13 PM: SOLVED!!

I downloaded the package again and everything went smoothly. already updated and scaning. Would it be good to use the other packges the Unix versions?