Comments on: rhel/centos x86_64 and i386 packages mess… http://linuxsysadminblog.com/2009/05/rhelcentos-x86_64-and-i386-packages-mess/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Todd http://linuxsysadminblog.com/2009/05/rhelcentos-x86_64-and-i386-packages-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Todd Tue, 25 May 2010 15:34:15 +0000 http://linuxsysadminblog.com/?p=665#comment-1125 Add to your yum.conf: multilib_policy=best That will make it install only from the current arch when you yum install things. As far as cleaning up what's currently installed, I typically do this: LIST=`rpm -qa | grep i386` rpm -e $LIST openssl.i686 Basically does the same as the yum command from the first poster, but dies out if there is some kind of dependency that I wasn't aware of (whereas yum will happily destroy your system). Add to your yum.conf:
multilib_policy=best

That will make it install only from the current arch when you yum install things. As far as cleaning up what’s currently installed, I typically do this:
LIST=`rpm -qa | grep i386`
rpm -e $LIST openssl.i686

Basically does the same as the yum command from the first poster, but dies out if there is some kind of dependency that I wasn’t aware of (whereas yum will happily destroy your system).

]]> By: marius http://linuxsysadminblog.com/2009/05/rhelcentos-x86_64-and-i386-packages-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-567 marius Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:21:34 +0000 http://linuxsysadminblog.com/?p=665#comment-567 @Patrick: I would not go on and remove all the packages as that might cause some unexpected results. I always do this immediately after the installation, so on my systems the only i386 packages are the one that come from the installer. You might want to selectively remove them if you really want to do that. hth. @Patrick: I would not go on and remove all the packages as that might cause some unexpected results. I always do this immediately after the installation, so on my systems the only i386 packages are the one that come from the installer. You might want to selectively remove them if you really want to do that. hth.

]]> By: Patrick McEvoy http://linuxsysadminblog.com/2009/05/rhelcentos-x86_64-and-i386-packages-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Patrick McEvoy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:43:17 +0000 http://linuxsysadminblog.com/?p=665#comment-565 Hello, Is it advisable to clean up the system by deleting the i386 rpms? If so how do you know which ones to remove and which ones CentOS or RHEL require to be installed? You can use "yum list installed \*.i386" to list all of the i386 rpms installed on your x86_64 system and I assume you could use "yum remove installed \*.i386" to delete them all. If there were a few which were necessary to keep you could exclude them in yum.conf. Thanks for the explanation above. Hello,

Is it advisable to clean up the system by deleting the i386 rpms? If so how do you know which ones to remove and which ones CentOS or RHEL require to be installed? You can use “yum list installed \*.i386″ to list all of the i386 rpms installed on your x86_64 system and I assume you could use “yum remove installed \*.i386″ to delete them all. If there were a few which were necessary to keep you could exclude them in yum.conf.

Thanks for the explanation above.

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