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I am runing lubuntu 12.10 on a pc with a Pentium D, which i think is 64 bit but when i try to install AMD64 versions of software I sometimes get a message saying wrong architecture,and the i386 verson works. Am I misundersdtanding the difference between the 2. Are AMD64 versions purely for AMD processors? Any help would be most welcome.Thanks.Paul.
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AMD64 is a convention based on what is more or less a historical accident: AMD was the first to bring a 64 bit processor to the consumer market. You will often hear it referred to as x86_64 these days.
The Pentium D should be a 64 bit CPU -- two cores -- but that may not necessarily be true depending on how early it was.
Post back the results of
and we can tell for sure if you are running the 64 bit version.Code:uname -r
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post the response to the following which you type in terminal:Originally Posted by paulie-m
Code:uname -m
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it says i686. does this mean AMD64 architecture?
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you are running a 32 bit OS thats why x64 dont work. if it was 64 bit it would say something like x86_64
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Sorry to be a pest but could you clarify just 1 more thing? You say i am running 32bit os. does that mean my processor is 32bit or could a install a 64bit os if,for instance i had >4GB memory and wanted to acess it? thanks.
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Pentium D is a 64 bit processor, but you installed a 32 bit version of Ubuntu which is the default download.
You dont need 4Gb to use 64 bit either, but you need 64 bit to use 4GBor a PAE kernel.
If you have 1 Gb you can still use a 64 bit OS but you wont get much benefit.
You will need to reinstall if you want x64, there is no upgrade path.
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Post the results of
Code:cat /proc/cpuinfo
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