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+:date: 2012-05-31 22:16:00
+:tags: debian, neuroscience, software, matlab, multiarch, 
+
+.. _chap_matlab_64bit_on_32bit:
+
+
+Running 64bit Matlab on 32bit host OS
+=====================================
+
+Some of you have been impacted by the recent decision of Mathworks to
+drop 32-bit Linux builds of their products (i.e. Matlab R2013a and
+co.).  So that you do not feel particularly bad about it -- this is
+not a novel move by Mathworks.  In 1998 PowerPC builds for Macs were
+abandoned as well, bringing a `furious reaction
+<http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/5910>`__
+of the community.
+
+Luckily enough users of Debian (and its derivatives) who still use
+32bit OS on 64bit capable systems can take advantage of rolled out in
+recently released Wheezy `multiarch
+<http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch>`_ support.  Multiarch allows to
+install and run multiple user-level builds (e.g. i386 and amd64) on a
+hardware/kernel capable to support both.
+
+Below we describe how you could take advantage of multiarch support
+and in few simple steps prepare your 32bit user-land for running 64bit
+Matlab.
+
+
+Procedure
+---------
+
+- [2-10 min] Install 64-bit kernel and reboot::
+
+   sudo apt-get install linux-image-amd64
+
+- [1-3 min] Enable multi-arch support for amd64 architecture::
+
+   sudo dpkg --add-architecture amd64
+   sudo apt-get update
+
+- [1-5 min] Install 64bit libraries needed for matlab::
+
+   sudo apt-get install libstdc++6:amd64 zlib1g:amd64 libncurses5:amd64 \
+     libxp6:amd64 libstdc++6-4.4-dev:amd64 libxt6:amd64 libxmu6:amd64 libxtst6:amd64
+
+Now your 64bit matlab (which hopefully you "registered" with
+:ref:`matlab-support <binary_pkg_matlab-support>` package) should be ready to run.
+
+If you have any comments (typos, improvements, etc) -- feel welcome to
+leave a comment below, or `contact us`_ .
+
+.. _contact us: http://neuro.debian.net/#contacts