====== 32 Bit support for Slack64 ==
===== Turn Slack64 into a Multilib System ==
==== Docs ==

  - http://www.slackware.com/~alien/multilib/
  - [[slackdocs>slackware:multilib]]

==== Download ==

<code bash>
cd /home/share/mirror.nobak/slackware/multilib
lftp -c 'open http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/ ; mirror -c -e 14.2'
</code>

This command can be used for syncing your local mirror later.

==== Install ==

<code bash>
su -

# Upgrade your 64bit gcc and glibc packages & install "compat32-tools":
cd /home/share/mirror.nobak/slackware/multilib/14.2
upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new *.t?z
  
# Install 32-bit compatibility packages
upgradepkg --install-new slackware64-compat32/*-compat32/*.t?z
reboot
</code>

==== Prepare future Slackpkg Upgrades ==

Add two lines to the /etc/slackpkg/blacklist file:
  [0-9]+alien
  [0-9]+compat32

===== Upgrade a Slackware multilib system ==

See [[slack_upgrade#slackpkg_usage_for_a_multilib_system]]

===== Build a 32 Bit slackbuilds package on Slack64 ==

Example package: fakeroot

<code bash>
su -
source /etc/profile.d/32dev.sh
export ARCH=i486
cd fakeroot
./fakeroot.SlackBuild
exit; su - # removes /etc/profile.d/32dev.sh
convertpkg-compat32 -i /tmp/fakeroot-1.12.4-i486-1_SBo.tgz
upgradepkg --install-new /tmp/fakeroot-compat32-1.12.4-x86_64-1_SBocompat32.txz
</code>

Note: 32dev.sh is part of package compat32-tools