[Elecraft] How to run linux utilities (K3, KPA etc.) on 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04

[David Sanders W4DES]

Debian and Ubuntu changed the way they handle multi arch systems in their latest releases. Part of the change was to eliminate ia32-libs.  Adding it from the repository of another release is not recommended.  The right way to do it is:

$ sudo dpkg —add-architecture i386
$ sudo apt-get update

The to get a particular package:

$ sudo apt-get install package:i386

where you replace “package” with the package name you need.  All dependencies are automatically installed.

For the Elecraft utilities this command suffices:

$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgtkhtml3.14-19:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386

A bunch of prerequisite packages will be automatically pulled in.

73, David W4DES



On May 27, 2014, at 3:14 AM, Martin Kratoska <martin at ok1rr.com> wrote:

> 1. Launch synaptic and goto “settings > Repositories”
> 2. click “other software > add”
> 3. insert this line in the box "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse"
> 4. click ok and close synaptic
> 5. in terminal “sudo apt-get update”
> 6. in terminal “sudo apt-get install ia32-libs”
> 
> Now, all utilities working on my 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04. I hope this helps.
> 
> Anyway, there is a need of 64bit utilities, they should be released as soon as possible. Also, the source code should be published.
> 
> 73,
> Martin, OK1RR
> K3 #7554
> KPA500 #1565
> KAT500 #849
> P3 #2752
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