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• [Deleted User]

  December 2013

  Hi Neil,
  
  Vertica requires 64-bit Linux.  (We need the larger memory address space.)  Debian calls 64-bit "amd64", because the instruction set was first released by AMD.  Though this is a bit misleading as it is supported by all modern Intel processors as well (including yours).
  
  Fortunately, VMware Workstation can run 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts, as long as the underlying CPU supports it.  So you can download the Debian "amd64" installer and VMware should let you use it to create a new Vertica-compatible VM.
  
  You will also need to use Debian 6 -- we don't, officially at least, support Debian 7 currently.
  
  If you want something newer and Debian-like, we do support Ubuntu Server.  (Again, 64-bit only.)
  
  Adam
  

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• Neil_1

  December 2013

  Thanks for the info. Did as you suggest, now working great.

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• Sayan_Ghosh

  January 2014

  Adam - any idea when Debian 7 will be officially supported? When I try to install on my debian-amd64, the script returns a boilerplate error message; I think it is not able to access some config files from /etc or so. I am creating a separate question on this.

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• [Deleted User]

  January 2014

  Unfortunately, no, I'm not sure -- but I'm not really the person to ask.
  
  You might try posting an Idea requesting Debian 7 support.  That'll be reviewed by people who actually think about the road map.
  

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