Can anyone point me in the direction of how to get 32 bit ARM packages running on Arch Linux aarch64?

My understanding is that armv8 (or aarch64) is backwards compatible, but I have no idea how to enable this.

The software I am trying to run is btsync.

It seems possible on Debian, http://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?f=135&t=18806.  In that forum post, all that was needed was libc6 for armhf.  But specifying the desired alternate architecture in Arch linux does not seem to work when trying to install libc6 with either pacman or yaourt:

$ file btsync
btsync: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.3, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=c586701ab44d098336c08f952ac7cdf27373a1be, stripped

Which indicates that ld-linux.so.3 is required (which as I understand is in libc6 package on Debian)

But if I try to install libc6 on Arch:

$ yaourt -S --arch arm libc6
error: target not found: libc6

After investigating further, it seems libc6 is actually called glibc in Arch Linux - but I still cannot figure out how to install it for ARM and not aarch64:

$ pacman -S --arch arm glibc
warning: glibc-2.23-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: failed to prepare transaction (package architecture is not valid)
:: package glibc-2.23-1-aarch64 does not have a valid architecture

Does it come with a power switch because I see pictures of them being included and others are not?

My PINE64 2GB+ Board is coming today, should have added the wifi mod but still excited!

I am curious about what the purpose of the LED next to the charge LED on the board is. On the pin-out diagram of the expansion connector it is identified as System LED.

I finally got android to boot it runs OK though the launcher crashes a lot, the major problem is the download speed through the ethernet port, it took an hour to download the youtube app (18mb) from the play store, I have a 75meg connection and all my other devices connected to the router are running fine? Anyone else having this problem? Any ideas?

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Hi, i just installed android 5 on a pineA64+ 1GB, and it works but daim it's so slow and not reactive, it freeze every time i try do something it took like 1 minute to open the parameters and then it crashed when i tried to open the "about device"section. I suggest it's the microSD that is daim slow (8MB/s write and 16 Read) but seriously even with a slow sd card it should not be this laggy and unstable, am i the only one?

Here is a Google Drive image anyone can download for Ubuntu with desktop environment.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwrRh39nVNPsZE1TTjZ2R0ZhZ0U

Software installed:

Ubuntu Software portal
LibreOffice Suite
Gimp
Midori web browser
Geary email
VLC
Plank
and several others.

You can flash this in linux using all the regular methods or you can use Win32 Disk Image software or something simular.

Gparted is installed and allows you to re-size the rootfs partition to the rest of your drive if it is bigger than an 8GB drive. (I will have video on doing this and renaming and changing password for the Admin User.

I have 2 users already on the image

First user has plank installed and looks simular to a Mac or Elementary OS style look. 

Second user is more of a windows base look for desktop. Chose which ever suites you and delete the other.

User Name: Ubuntu
Password: ubuntu

User Name: Ubuntu2
Password: ubuntu2

(edit Updated version coming soon.... Here is some of the things I have fixed and are now working more acceptable. )

https://youtu.be/Bgy8h8ED2VI 

All,

Just to give you a brief summary of what we plan for the openHAB distribution:

We want to use Debian as a Linux distro together with Docker and deploy the openHAB 2 Docker container to it.
As a JVM, it will include OracleJDK 1.8 to have best stability and performance.

It should be noted that openHAB 2 is not yet final and as such there can be bugs and there is a very quick evolution of the code base.
Nonetheless, with all the new features that openHAB 2 brings, I am convinced that this is the better choice. I am planning to release a beta3 by end of April, which will then be the version for a first SD card image for the Pine64.

Best regards,
Kai

Anyone else with the 2GB module experiencing issues with an endless boot loop whenever Ethernet is plugged in.  I am using a 5v 2amp DC power supply and everything works fine until I plug in ethernet.  I also tried Remix OS / Android Lollipop with the exact same symptoms.  Any help is appreciated as I would be disappointed if I am unable to use the full potential of the board

OK got it to boot now into Remix OS but all the menu bars and that are on the outside of the TV edge. I have managed to right click and get display settings but there is no option to change resolution, refresh rate etc . How can I get it to change those now ?