file was built for archive which is not the architecture being linked (i386)

 got a few static libraries I want to use in my iphone app. When I try to run the simulator I get linking errrors. I am new to iOS development, and I ran into this problem when linking against libraries I built previously;

file was built for archive which is not the architecture being linked (i386)
It seems the libraries aren't compatible with the simulator, they haven't been built for i386. Test on a device or if the code from the libraries is available to you, rebuild it, including the i386 architecture