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

[James McLaughlin]

You could compile an executable using 64-bit gcc on another machine, and then see if you can get it 
to run on your Maverick install.

And as a previous reply stated, i686 doesn't imply 64-bit.

On 20/05/11 15:46, ALEX ARMANI 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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