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An Operating System for Flussonic

Operating system

The operating system and central processing unit (CPU) of the machine where you plan to install Flussonic Media Server must be 64-bit.

Hardware considerations

A 64-bit operating system can be installed only on a machine with a x64 central processing unit. Please bear this in mind when purchasing hardware for your Flussonic server.

If you already have a 32-bit system, it is advisable to purchase a 64-bit one. On a 32-bit Ubuntu, the command apt-get install flussonic will fail to find packages in a repo. But even if you manage to install Flussonic on a 32-bit system, it won't work.

How to determine if a system is 64-bit

There are many ways to determine the bit version of a system.

Below is the list of the most popular commands with system responses. In the Linux command line, type some of these commands and look at the response.

/bin/uname -m

32-bit system: i686

64-bit system: x86_64

getconf LONG_BIT

On a 64-bit system, the number 64 should be shown as a response.

dpkg --print-architecture

This command is supported on Ubuntu and other systems where dpkg is installed.

32-bit system: i386

64-bit system: amd64

uname -a

32-bit Ubuntu: Linux discworld 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

64-bit Ubuntu: Linux discworld 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

file /sbin/init

32-bit Ubuntu: /sbin/init: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped

64-bit Ubuntu: sbin/init: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped