running 32bit applications on a 64bit machine ?

senenmut

senenmut

Hello,
one question. freebsd32 / freebsd64
If you have a application that is made on a 32bit machine , does it run on a 64bit machine OR
do you have to compile the sourcecode of that application on a 64bit machine itself for working ?

The sourcecode is always the same because the language specifications and libraries are on that 64bit machine in exact the same way.

WBR
SM
 
If you have access to the source the best way is obviously to recompile. But that said, there's a /usr/lib32 specifically for running 32 bit binaries on a 64 bit OS.
 
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