[Ryedale] How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?

[Martin Wheldon]

Hi Alex,

No this is a 32bit install. If it were a 64bit  you would see
something like x86_64 in place of the i686.

Best Regards

Martin

On 20 May 2011 15:48, ALEX ARMANI <alex.armani at live.co.uk> wrote:
> How can you find out if an install is 32 or 64 bit?
>
> Hi folks. I've got an install of Ubuntu 1o.1o Maverick on my laptop but
> don't remember if it's a 32 or 64 bit install. Is there an easy way to find
> out?
> 'uname -a' returns:
>  Linux Anna 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:34:50 UTC 2010
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Am I correct in thinking that the i686 indicates it is a 64 bit
> installation?
> Tia, from Alex.
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