---
title: "Force 32 bit installs on 64 bit systems (Deb/RPM)"
url: "http://andrewbolster.info/2011/09/force-32-bit-installs-on-64-bit-systems-deb/rpm/"
date: "2011-09-29T11:52:23Z"
tags: ["Debian","Fedora","Linux","Ubuntu"]
categories: ["Instructional"]
---

Pre-built packages not releasing 64 bit versions? No Problem.

Debian/Ubuntu based: `dpkg -i --force-architecture whatever.deb`

RH/Fedora based:

`rpm -i --ignorearch whatever.rpm`