Duplicated packages on x86_64

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Fri Dec 29 15:12:07 UTC 2006


On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 09:08:09AM -0300, Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm new to Fedora, and I'm using FC6 on a x86_64 desktop. Something that
> I find really strange is the fact that I have a lot of duplicated
> packages for both x86_64 and i386 archs.
> 
> By my counting I have about 173 packages that have both the i386 and
> x86_64 versions installed.
> 
> A while ago I tried to install 'subversion' using Yum, and said it would
> install both arches. Then I tried the same install with Smart, and it
> said it would install the x86_64 version only.
> 
> How can I make this behavior stop for Yum?

You need to add the desired arch to the package in the yum install
command, e.g. yum install subversion.x86_64
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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