Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

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MrsAngelD

Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

Unread post by MrsAngelD » 2014-04-30, 16:15

is there some way I can make the installer choose 32 bit, it keeps wanting to install 64 bit on my system, but due to lack of compatibly with some addons I would rather use the 32bit version

access2godzilla

Re: Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

Unread post by access2godzilla » 2014-05-01, 08:24

No.

MrsAngelD

Re: Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

Unread post by MrsAngelD » 2014-05-01, 17:28

I guess what I'm asking is can that option be added to the installer

access2godzilla

Re: Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

Unread post by access2godzilla » 2014-05-01, 18:25

That'd require me to do some roundabout things to detect ia32-libs, so no. The installer was never meant to serve edge cases like this.

However, fetching the PM tarball and extracting it, and running the palemoon file inside it works as well.

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Re: Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

Unread post by Night Wing » 2014-05-01, 22:21

fetching the PM tarball and extracting it, and running the palemoon file inside it works as well
I use the above method. It's easy for me and it has never given me any problems.
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MrsAngelD

Re: Choose 32bit instead of 64bit with the installer

Unread post by MrsAngelD » 2014-05-02, 23:25

Yeah it was just a thought, I was able to run it like you said :)

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