ia32-apt-get | Apt-get, aptitude and dpkg wrapper for on-the-fly conversion | Mehr ...
On amd64 and ia64 the kernel is capable of executing i386 binaries. For that to work with dynamically linked binaries the required 32bit libraries need to be available as well. This package contains wrappers for apt-get, aptitude and dpkg that will enable you to install i386 packages and convert them as they are being installed.
ia32-archive | Create a local archive of converted i386 debs for amd64 and ia64 | Mehr ...
On amd64 and ia64 the kernel is capable of executing i386 binaries. For that to work with dynamically linked binaries the required 32bit libraries need to be available as well. This package contains the infrastructure to maintain a local archive of converted packages that will automatically track a source repository.
ia32-libs-tools | Tools for converting i386 debs for amd64 and ia64 | Mehr ...
On amd64 and ia64 the kernel is capable of executing i386 binaries. For that to work with dynamically linked binaries the required 32bit libraries need to be available as well. This package contains tools to convert native i386 binary packages for use under amd64 or ia64.
