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Author: Fred
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Beowulf: 32bit or 64 bit?
On 11/25/20 4:56 PM, Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:07:24 -0700
> Fred <fred@???> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently upgraded from Debian Jessie to Devuan Beowulf. I tried to
>> run a program (ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage) which would not run.
>>
>> bash: ./ClipGrab-3.9.2-x86_64.AppImage: cannot execute binary file:
>> Exec format error
>>
>> I asked for help on the Debian user mail list (because of previous
>> discussion) and was told I am running a 32 bit version.
>>
>> uname -m
>> i686
>>
>> lspci
>> Architecture:        i686
>> CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
>> (the rest cut)

>>
>> So, is Beowulf 32 bit or 64 bit?
>
> It can be either or both, that is, Multi-Architecture. It depends on
> which version you chose to install. Evidently, you installed or
> upgraded to the 32-bit version. Perhaps, your Jessie install was 32-bit
> to begin with.
>
> B
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I think Debian Jessie is 32 bit. To upgrade to Beowulf I just followed
instructions that didn't say anything about 32 or 64. I just assumed
Beowulf was 64 bit.

My CPU appears to be able to do 64 so how do I change over?

Best regards,
Fred