[Nix-dev] 32bit on 64bit Nix

[Luca Bruno]

Did you try just installing skype from nix? Like with nix-env -i skype. It
works out of the box.


On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 4:15 AM, Charles Strahan <
charles.c.strahan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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