trouble getting started with D

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
>> The 32-bit DMD compiler works fine on 64-bit Ubuntu, even though the 
>> .deb file is marked as i386.  Try this:
>>
>>   dpkg -i --force-architecture dmd_2.041-0_i386.deb
>>
>> Note that since the compiler is 32-bit, it only works with 32-bit 
>> libraries.  You must therefore install the following packages:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-i386 libc6-dev-i386
>>
>> In addition, you might like to install the ia32-libs package, as it 
>> contains 32-bit versions of a bunch of libraries.
> 
> 
> Thanks, I added this information to the install page:
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/dmd-linux.html#installation

For completeness' sake you should probably also add a 'sudo' in front of 
'dpkg'.  I forgot that in my post.

-Lars