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 You must use a 32-bit Linux system to build this project.
 
+(Bela Lubkin notes: it built fine for me on Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64; not
+sure what the issue might be?  I do have 32-bit libraries installed for
+the benefit of various binary-only apps.)
+
 git clone https://github.com/doozan/NookManager.git
 
 cd NookManager