Arch Linux How to Enable Multilib
Multilib is generally used to run 32-bit applications on a 64-bit system. This is often useful when running older games or really anything else that is meant for 32-bit systems. Enabling support for multilib is a relatively common operation for many Arch Linux users. It is also relatively easy as far as Arch goes.
These are the three main steps to enable multilib on Arch Linux:
- Enable multilib in the pacman config by uncommenting these two lines in pacman.conf:
nano /etc/pacman.conf
[multilib] Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist - Upgrade your system:
sudo pacman -Syyu - Show 32-bit packages in the multilib repository:
pacman -Sl | grep -i lib32