Even a minimal install with nobase installs about 40-50 i386 packages on a 64bit-System. I know this has come up before and thought it might be an FAQ, but I can't find it on the wiki. Some questions are answered here: goitworld.com/rhelcentos-x86_64-and-i386-packages-mess but I have these remaining: - can I tell via kickstart to just install the 64bit packages? - is it safe to rpm -e remove all i386 packages? (assuming I'm not going to install any i386 packages later) Thanks. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: conactive.com
On 18.1.2011 18:07, Kai Schaetzl wrote:> Even a minimal install with nobase installs about 40-50 i386 packages on a > 64bit-System. I know this has come up before and thought it might be an > FAQ, but I can't find it on the wiki....> - is it safe to rpm -e remove all i386 packages? (assuming I'm not going > to install any i386 packages later)I tried that on a fresh install. Note that I had only 6 i386 packages. I think this is because our kickstart is excluding some stuff to get closer to the "minimal install". $ rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name} %{arch}\n"|grep "i.86" libtermcap i386 libgcc i386 glibc i686 readline i386 libhugetlbfs i386 mkinitrd i386 Removed that. Reboot was fine. -- Best Regards, Markus -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 267 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110118/a39f76d5/attachment-0002.sig>
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Kai Schaetzl <maillists at conactive.com> wrote:> Even a minimal install with nobase installs about 40-50 i386 packages on a > 64bit-System. I know this has come up before and thought it might be an > FAQ, but I can't find it on the wiki.The FAQ is here: wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-357346ff0bf7c14b0849c3bcce39677aaca528e9 Akemi
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