I have Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit installed and I have to install 32-bit deb package on it. It depends on other 32 bit libraries. I overcome this with getlibs:
sudo getlibs -i ./hp-netconnect_1.2-12_i386.deb
Package is installed successfully and I can use it, but now I can't install anything with apt-get:
ytaras@bueno:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install bison-doc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
hp-netconnect:i386 : Depends: openssl:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: procps:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: zenity:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: sun-java6-jre:i386 but it is not installable or
sun-java5-jre:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: sun-java6-plugin:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
If I run 'apt-get -f install', it just removes hp-netconnect package. Now I have to uninstall this package with 'apt-get -f install' every time I want to install something and reinstall it later.
dpkg -i --force-architecture hp-netconnect_1.2-12_i386.deb
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