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'''Answer (clever)''': you want to use <code>pkgsi686Linux</code> instead of pkgs, so things like <code>pkgsi686Linux.stdenv.mkDerivation </code> or <code>pkgsi686Linux.callPackage</code> then nix will give you 32bit everything<ref>[https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos/2018-03-19#1521474071-1521474422; clever, #nixos 2018-03-19]</ref>
'''Answer (clever)''': you want to use <code>pkgsi686Linux</code> instead of pkgs, so things like <code>pkgsi686Linux.stdenv.mkDerivation </code> or <code>pkgsi686Linux.callPackage</code> then nix will give you 32bit everything<ref>[https://logs.nix.samueldr.com/nixos/2018-03-19#1521474071-1521474422; clever, #nixos 2018-03-19]</ref>


== Building multilib software ==
== Building software with both 32- and 64-bit executables ==


If a package wants to compile both 32/64-bit executable, you need a compiler with multilib support.
If a package wants to compile both 32/64-bit executables, you need a compiler with multilib support.
Nixpkgs provides <code>multiStdenv.mkDerivation</code> that should be used instead <code>stdenv.mkDerivation</code>.
Nixpkgs provides <code>multiStdenv.mkDerivation</code> that should be used instead <code>stdenv.mkDerivation</code>.
This is equivalent to using <code>gcc-multilib</code> in debian derivatives.
This is equivalent to using <code>gcc-multilib</code> in debian derivatives.
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 24 April 2024

Building software with 32bit gcc

Question: I'm invoking gcc with -m32 and it fails to find `gnu/stubs-32.h`
Answer (clever): you want to use pkgsi686Linux instead of pkgs, so things like pkgsi686Linux.stdenv.mkDerivation or pkgsi686Linux.callPackage then nix will give you 32bit everything[1]

Building software with both 32- and 64-bit executables

If a package wants to compile both 32/64-bit executables, you need a compiler with multilib support. Nixpkgs provides multiStdenv.mkDerivation that should be used instead stdenv.mkDerivation. This is equivalent to using gcc-multilib in debian derivatives.