/usr/local/lib*

[Ed Greshko]

On 07/21/13 16:13, lee wrote:
> Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> writes:
>
>> On 07/21/13 02:02, lee wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> what is supposed to go into /usr/local/lib/ and what into
>>> /usr/local/lib64 on amd64?
>>>
>>> I'm trying to get libsx installed and am wondering into which of these
>>> directories it is supposed to go.  /usr/local/lib/ sounds like "native",
>>> but then there wouldn't be  /usr/local/lib64/, or would there?
>>>
>>>
>> Well, if you're building the 32-bit lib it would go in /usr/local/lib/
>> or if you're building the 64-bit lib it would go in /usr/local/lib64
> Thanks!  I don't do 32bit anymore, so it's 64.
>
> Strange is:
>
>
> [root at yun:~]$ find /usr/lib -type f | wc -l
> 14490
> [root at yun:~]$ find /usr/lib64/ -type f | wc -l
> 15345
> [root at yun:~]$
>
>
> /usr/lib/ should be empty.  Why are there so many obsolete files
> installed?
>
>
> BTW, why are there so many i686 packages installed:
>
>
> [root at yun:~]$ yum list installed  |grep 686
> audit-libs.i686                  2.3.1-2.fc19                          installed
> cracklib.i686                    2.8.22-3.fc19                         installed
>
>
>
> Can I remove those?  Are there amd64 packages depending on i686 packages?
>
>

You can certainly try.....

If you do try and something depends on them, yum will let you know what needs them and will offer to erase them as well....  Then you can decide *if* you can/should remove them.



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