One complaint I hear about [Fedora](http:\/\/fedora.redhat.com) on x86_64 is that Flash and Java plugins can’t be used with the 64-bit Firefox because they only are available as 32-bit. I don’t normally need those plugins at home but I can see how people would want them.<\/p>\n
I discovered that the easiest way to install 32-bit Firefox (and other 32-bit programs) is to make new i386-specific versions of the repositories. The only problem is that the mirror lists uses the architecture and can’t be used. Notice that I have them disabled by default but they can enabled in yum with –enablerepo.<\/p>\n
\/etc\/yum.repos.d\/fedora-core-i386.repo:<\/p>\n
[core-i386]
\n name=Fedora Core $releasever – i386
\n baseurl=http:\/\/download.fedora.redhat.com\/pub\/fedora\/linux\/core\/$releasever\/i386\/os\/
\n #mirrorlist=http:\/\/fedora.redhat.com\/download\/mirrors\/fedora-core-$releasever
\n enabled=0
\n gpgcheck=1
\n gpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY<\/p>\n
\/etc\/yum.repos.d\/fedora-updates-i386.repo:<\/p>\n
[updates-i386]
\n name=Fedora Core $releasever – i386 – Updates
\n baseurl=http:\/\/download.fedora.redhat.com\/pub\/fedora\/linux\/core\/updates\/$releasever\/i386\/
\n #mirrorlist=http:\/\/fedora.redhat.com\/download\/mirrors\/updates-released-fc$releasever
\n enabled=0
\n gpgcheck=1
\n gpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora<\/p>\n
\/etc\/yum.repos.d\/fedora-extras-i386.repo:<\/p>\n
[extras-i386]
\n name=Fedora Extras $releasever – i386
\n baseurl=http:\/\/download.fedora.redhat.com\/pub\/fedora\/linux\/extras\/$releasever\/i386\/
\n #mirrorlist=http:\/\/fedora.redhat.com\/download\/mirrors\/fedora-extras-$releasever
\n enabled=0
\n gpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
\n gpgcheck=1<\/p>\n
Then, once those are all setup, do:<\/p>\n
yum –enablerepo=\\*-i386 install firefox.i386<\/p>\n
The firefox.i386 will can even be installed at the same time as firefox.x86_64. The \/usr\/bin\/firefox script will run the 64-bit firefox. Either remove firefox.x86_64 package, or make a new binary (\/usr\/bin\/firefox-32) without the lines referencing \/usr\/lib64.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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