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I want to install eagle cadsoft 6.2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10, eagle is 32bit compatible so I need to install ia32-libs but its giving the following error:

Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate

after using the command sudo apt-cache search ia32 I got this:

grub-efi - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
grub-efi-ia32 - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 version)
grub-efi-ia32-bin - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 binaries)
lsb-core - Linux Standard Base 4.0 core support package
lsb-cxx - Linux Standard Base 4.0 C++ support package
lsb-desktop - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Desktop support package
lsb-graphics - Linux Standard Base 4.0 graphics support package
lsb-printing - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Printing package
elilo - Bootloader for systems using EFI-based firmware
libasm0 - Disassembling engine provided to the ERESI framework
libasm0-dev - Disassembling engine provided to the ERESI framework
lsb-languages - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Runtime Languages package
lsb-multimedia - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Multimedia package
lsb-qt4 - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Qt4 support package
refit - graphical boot menu for ia32 and x64 EFI systems
ia32-libs-multiarch - Multi-arch versions of former ia32-libraries
microcode.ctl - Intel IA32/IA64 CPU Microcode Utility

please help.

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You are already on a 32-bit system!

  • ia32-libs, or 32-bit compatibility libraries for 64-bit systems, is only available in the amd64 repositories, i.e. if you are using a 64-bit version of Ubuntu.
  • You only get the "no installation candidate" error if you are already on a 32-bit system.
  • As this page shows, it is available for Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit.

You can run "32-bit compatible" packages such as Eagle Cadsoft on a 32-bit Ubuntu system without needing to install ia32-libs. (Just try it :-)

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  • I am geeting following error:/tmp/eagle-setup.26503/eagle-6.2.0/bin/eagle: error while loading shared libraries: libpng14.so.14: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    – ravi
    Jul 17, 2012 at 9:43
  • @ravi: please include the output of ldd /tmp/eagle-setup.26503/eagle-6.2.0/bin/eagle as pastebin or in your question.
    – ish
    Jul 17, 2012 at 9:55
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Try with:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch
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  • @tijybba I'm not sure if running that command would work, but this is undeniably an answer, and not a request for information. That command tries to install the multarch version of ia32-libs (though ordinarily ia32-libs should still exist, and be a virtual package for this, so I'm not sure under what conditions this would work). That command is not for diagnostic purposes; it is intended to actually fix the problem. Sep 1, 2012 at 2:11
  • It said try with command without description about it , so i guess i commented on it , i will be deleting it , thanks @EliahKagan. AM sure i didn't downvoted it though.
    – atenz
    Sep 1, 2012 at 10:34
  • @tijybba Well even if you did downvote it (which I understand you did not), I'm not disagreeing with the downvote. In fact, any answer you think should be deleted but not flagged for moderators is something you should probably strongly consider downvoting. Sep 1, 2012 at 10:50
  • I will keep that in my senses @EliahKagan , thanks again sir.
    – atenz
    Sep 1, 2012 at 10:56

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