x86 binaries on x64 operating system

claudi

Hello guys! As of OpenVPN 2.4 there is only one installer including the binaries for x86 and x64. Sadly I am on a x64 system and don't have a x86 system to get the x86 binaries. Is there a possibility to get the x86 binaries even on a x64 OS?

TinCanTech

You can probably extract the binaries with 7zip ..

claudi

Already tried but the x64 and x86 binaries are mixed in the same directory. Don't understand how this is even possible in a file system but it seems to be working. I can't differentiate which binaries and dlls are x64 and x86.

I also tried to submit a Feature Wish about adding an installer option for an x64 system to install x86 binaries but the Trac seems to be broken:

"Trac detected an internal error:
IndexError: list index out of range

There was an internal error in Trac. It is recommended that you notify your local Trac administrator with the information needed to reproduce the issue.
To that end, you could a ticket.

The action that triggered the error was:
POST: /newticket"

TinCanTech

Trac is being a bit picky recently .. the administrator working to improve it.

As for x86 binaries .. It is possible to use the build-system to get to them:

15:56:45   slypknot | x86 v x64 .. could the build-system be customised to │@vpnHelper
                    | build only one or the other ?                        │+krzee
15:57:07   slypknot | i mean .. could somebody do it for themselves ?      │ arlen
15:57:14     @cron2 | the build system builds one, then the other, then    │ dan-
                    | the installer, and then packs it all together        │ danhunsaker
15:57:20   slypknot | ok                                                   │ Delta_
15:57:25     @cron2 | of course - this is open source and documented       │ diizzy
15:57:38   slypknot | so they could use the build system if it is that     │ ender`
                    | important to the user                                │ EvilJStoker
15:57:44     @cron2 | yep                                                  │ floppym

See:
Openvpn build system

claudi

All this stuff mentioned in the article is really out of my competence. Then I will just try to virtualize an x86 Windows and install OpenVPN there. Weird that there is no easier way to get the binaries. Thanks for your help anyway. :-)