On Mon 31 Jan 2022 at 11:38:17 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >> uname -m > > > Are you saying that that doesn't reveal whether I've installed a 64 or a 32 > > bit release? > > It does not. It only reveals which kernel is running. > > As I said in another message, you could have a 32-bit userspace with > a 64-bit kernel. If that's the case, then uname -m gives you the wrong > answer. > > You want dpkg --print-architecture, or else file /bin/ls (or some other > program that's guaranteed to be there, and to be a compiled native > executable file).
Technically correct, but Curt's response was good enough for Richard Owlett to make progress. Richard Owlett is very unlikely to be using a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace. -- Brian.
