Presence of 64-bit and 32-bit packages on 64-bit system

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • After running this command on 64-bit server, it listed both i386 and x86_64 architectures packages installed on 64-bit system:
    ~~~
    # rpm -qa --qf "%{n}-%{arch}\n"|sort|less
    alchemist-i386
    alchemist-x86_64
    alsa-lib-i386
    alsa-lib-x86_64
    arts-i386
    arts-x86_64
    aspell-i386
    aspell-x86_64
    atk-i386
    atk-x86_64
    audiofile-i386
    audiofile-x86_64
    audit-libs-i386
    audit-libs-x86_64
    beecrypt-i386
    beecrypt-x86_64
    bind-libs-i386
    bind-libs-x86_64
    boost-i386
    boost-x86_64
    ~~~

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) all versions

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