Force gcc to compile 32 bit programs on 64 bit platform

Question

I\'ve got a proprietary program that I\'m trying to use on a 64 bit system.

When I launch the setup it works ok, but after it tries to update itself and compile som

Answer 1

You may get a 32-bit binary by applying Alan Pearce's method, but you may also get errors as follows:

fatal error: bits/predefs.h: No such file or directory

If this is the case and if you have apt-get, just install gcc-multilib

sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib