[Nix-dev] 32bit on 64bit Nix

[Charles Strahan]

Tim,

I wish I had more information (I've only used NixOS in server scenarios),
but I would suggest first looking at pkgsi686Linux
<https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/dbc829f5d47a145f1bf68c4c0be9d06ecaf1304f/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix#L164>,
which is the entire nix packages with `system' overridden as "i686-linux".
There's also callPackage_i686, incase you want to declare your own package
that is strictly 32bit. I'm always idling on #nixos, so feel free to ask
some questions there too, and I'll see if I can offer any advice.

-Charles



On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Tim Hawes <tim at easyfreeunix.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am new to NixOS, and finally tried it out, going through a bare-metal
> installation to a USB drive (I wanted to make sure I could get
> everything working on my laptop, for the possibility of switching out
> Ubuntu for NixOS). The documentation was clear and concise,
> however, it is not at all clear how to install support for running 32
> bit application on the 64bit OS. I did stumble on a logged conversation
> on the IRC channel, where installing stdenv_32bit was mentioned. But it
> was not entirely clear what that does.
>
> I am trying to run the dynamic binary for Skype. I will also be
> installing Wine, and a licensed copy of Codeweavers CrossOver Office. I
> know Skype depends on 32bit versions of Qt, and several other libraries,
> but right now, it would be progress to just get a 32bit version of libc
> installed.
>
> Any help in this regards will be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tim Hawes
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