what is up with lib64?

what is up with lib64?

[Cyrus Adkisson]

Can someone explain to me why x86_64 has lib64 directories and how lib64 
is supposed to work with the lib directories that are already there? I'm 
having a very difficult time getting anything to compile from source.

FC2, dual x86_64

Cyrus

RE: what is up with lib64?

[Sid Boyce]

Cyrus Adkisson wrote:
 > Can someone explain to me why x86_64 has lib64 directories and how 
lib64 is supposed to work with the lib directories that are   > already 
there? I'm having a very difficult time getting anything to compile from 
source.
 >
 > FC2, dual x86_64
lib is for 32-bit and lib64 is for 64-bit obviously. Build success here 
is about 50%, a few build but won't run, segfaults etc.
The configure script in some apps needs the option --libdir=/usr/lib64 
e.g. there is also a /lib64 and /usr/X11R6/lib64. Some apps will 
configure and build without the need to adjust options. Some others will 
not build as distributed, e.g kmymoney which keeps looking in /usr/lib 
instead of /usr/lib64. There are yet others like slmodem that contain a 
32-bit proprietary module for 2.4.x that will not be compatible with  
2.6.x kernel sources.
Regards
Sid.

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