[amd64] ia32-libs installation (and even the Ubuntu distro at all) is missing important 32-bit libs

[Till Kamppeter]

Binary package hint: ia32-libs

I want to use the following 32-bit programs on a 64-bit (amd64) Hardy system:

- Skype
- Adobe Reader
- Flash Player
- Firefox

The first three are not available as amd64 binaries and Firefox needs to be 32-bit so that it accepts 32-bit plug-ins.

To get them all working, I had to copy the following files from a machine running Hardy 32-bit as they are not available in Ubuntu packages for amd64:

libsepol.so.1*
libsepol.so
libsepol.a
libselinux.so.1*
libselinux.so
libselinux.a
libpixman-1.so.0.9.6
libpixman-1.so.0
libpixman-1.so
libpixman-1.a

I have generally taken them from the /usr/lib directory of the 32-bit box and copied them into the /usr/lib32 directory of the 64-bit box. Only the one marked with * are also taken from /lib and copied into /lib32.

Adobe Reader also needs /usr/lib32/firefox32/libgtkembedmoz.so which I have taken from /usr/lib/firefox/ on the 32-bit machine, I have copied the file but it still asks for it.

[Kit (svartalfar13)]

 * Need for libselinux.so.1 to use nspluginwrapper to run adobe flash plugin within firefox!
 * flashplugin-nonfree package fails to configure because of missing libselinux

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ia32-libs - 2.2ubuntu4

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ia32-libs (2.2ubuntu4) hardy; urgency=low

  * fetch-and-build: Let BUILD default to 0, since we never actually use
    BUILD=1 in Ubuntu.
  * Add libpulse{0,-browse0,-mainloop-glib0,core5}, libpixman-1-0, libsepol1,
    libselinux1. This unbreaks Flash, Skype, Adobe Reader, and probably a few
    others. (LP: #183173, #155015, #180478)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:57:14 +0000

[Dara Adib (daradib)]

Marking as duplicate of Bug 180478 for consistency.