Questions that refer to the capability of a system to install and run applications of multiple different binary targets on the same system. For example running a 32bit linux application on a 64bit linux system.
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multiarch and Architecture: all packages
I have a problem with multiarch: I installed Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 and it works well. Unfortunately I have a Philips LaserMFD 6020 Printer/Scanner and for the scanner part it has only a proprietary i386 ...
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“Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable” - Solution
I noticed this on 12.10 trying to get the Android SDK working. For 64 bit versions, it is required to install:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
However, under 64bit 12.10, I got the following error:
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Unmet dependencies installing Catalyst [duplicate]
I've been trying to install the Catalyst stuff as per this web site and I get 'unmet dependencies...'. I'm an old man and I just want to use Mythbuntu.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
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How do I install ia32 libs, the multi-arch packages? [duplicate]
I cannot install ia32 libs no matter how hard I try. Here is the error I get:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not ...
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how to remove a foreign architecture?
On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64, we'd like to remove the i386 foreign architecture it comes with, but I don't see a "dpkg" command to do this cleanly.
In Stuck with foreign-architecture=i386 when using ...
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Creating a multiarch meta package
I'm trying to create a meta-package to install various dependencies (for Android build system), some of the packages should use the i386 version so I tried to use the "Multi-Arch" option but it fails ...
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Running 32Bit Application on 64Bit Ubuntu
I type in the terminal sudo apt-get install ia32-libs but I get this message:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
reading state information... done
some packages could not be ...
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Can't chroot to recover Ubuntu 64 bits
I was trying to get steam for linux to work on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64 bits system. I installed these three (some 32 bit) packages:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/libc-bin
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How can I install both 32 and 64 bit versions of the same -dev package?
I'm trying to install libsqlite3-dev for both i386 and amd64 on the same Ubuntu 12.04 machine. I'm developing an application that uses sqlite3, and want to compile and test both the 32-bit and 64-bit ...
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Ubuntu preseed - disable i386/multiarch
I'm installing servers with pre-seeding but our local mirror only has amd64 packages. Yet, installer tries to fetch sources for i386 packages as well and basically strolls on it for a while during ...
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Can I install `libssl-dev:i386` on x86_64 system without losing important packages?
On my x86_64 12.10 system, when I try to
apt-get install libssl-dev:i386
apt wants to remove a bunch of things:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
build-essential dkms g++ g++-multilib gcc ...
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Why does my 64-bit system look for 32-bit repos?
I've got a 64-bit 12.10 install on my Laptop. When running apt-get update, it downloads package lists for 32-bit packages (as well as source and 64-bit package lists). Why does it look for 32-bit ...
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How can I switch a 64-bit installation to a 32-bit one?
I want to turn my 64-bit installation into a 32-bit one.
So far, I've tried to install a 32-bit kernel using this command:
sudo apt-get install linux-image:i386 linux-image-generic:i386 ...
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How do I fix a “Unknown configuration key `foreign-architecture' found in your `dpkg' configuration files.” error?
Always when I install something, I get the following error multiple times:
Unknown configuration key 'foreign-architecture' found in your 'dpkg'
configuration files. This warning will become a ...
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Running ARM(EL) executables on ARM(HF) system - Missing Symlink to dynamic Loader?
I am using an Ubuntu 12.10 (ARMHF) distribution on a panda board. I want to run applications compiled for ARMEL. It was not possible due to a changed dynamic loader location ...
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Can't insall libpcap0.8-dev:i386 to compile 32bit App under 64bit environment
I am writing a little program which uses libpcap and my target machine is i386, while my dev machine is x86_64.
Now, when I install libpcap0.8:i386, which works, I get under /usr/lib/i386_linux_gnu/ ...
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Install 32-bit gstreamer plugins on 64-bit
I am trying to install the 32-bit gstreamer plugins on my 64-bit system (Ubuntu 12.10 based). I can install the packages gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 and gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386. However, ...
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Why does Update Manager install the i386 version of Skype on an AMD64 system?
Update manager just updated the skype-bin package. I was surprised to see that it is an i386 version and not the 64 bit version given that Skype is now multiarch.
Can someone explain why?
Does an ...
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Cannot install ia32-lib package
I have several programs that reuquire 32 bit packages (pointing to the ia32-lib package). However, when I try to install it, this happens.
spirit@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading ...
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Ubuntu app stores and 32 and 64 bits apps
Is there any tutorial to submit applications in multiple architectures ?
if only one architecture is submitted, I guess 64 bits is recommended today ? (do we have stats on how many users use 32 vs ...
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Unmet Dependencies when I try to install wine or skype
I have a dell inspiron 64 bit and I'm running both windows 7 and Ubuntu in dual boot
I am having trouble installing skype and wine.
When I try to install skype etc I get the following error:
sudo ...
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12.10 wants to install multiarch :i386-packages
I have an AMD64 system without any i386 multiarch packages. After successfully upgrading to 12.10, aptitude seems to want to install a few, and I can't tell why:
$ sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
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apt reports dependency “is not installable” for installed (virtual) package
I'm trying to install armel libraries and gcc support on an armhf system. I've installed libc6-dev:armel to get the armel libraries and headers, and now believe that I need to install gcc-multilib to ...
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Can't install Skype because of 'ia32-libs-multiarch' several dependencies
I'm trying to install Skype in 12.04LTS.
It fails to install from the Software Center, complains about skype-bin being a virtual package.
skype-bin fails to install from apt-get, requires ia32-libs. ...
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Dpkg-reconfigure -a: `ia32-libs-multiarch' is not installed
Ubuntu 12.04, couple days old. Multiarch is installed. Checked in Synaptics and Software Center.. reinstalled a couple times, from both places. It still gives me these errors:
$ sudo ...
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Installing liblapack3gf 32-bit and 64-bit simultaneously
The situation is that I am trying to run an image processing pipeline on my 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04. The first part of the pipeline, "Bundler", is only readily compilable as 32-bit (aka I compiled on a ...
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Why can't I install “ia32-libs” (no candidate)?
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 ...
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Where can I find blueprints and a roadmap for multiarch in 12.10?
Multiarch came a long way in 12.04. However, the 32-bit release is still recommended for download and some 32-bit debs (Google Chrome for example) still lack dependencies. I have not been able to ...
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Cannot install Android 2.3 libs dies to missing ia32-libs-multiarch
I need to get my box up to par or android development, but cannot get ia32-libs to install for the life of me. Can anyone help? The error Android's tool gave me was Stopping ADB server failed (code ...
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Wine installation on 12.04 LTS
Installed wine from the Software Center and kept getting errors when trying to load windows programs.
Uninstalled and did the apt-get installation of the latest version (1.5.7)
Ran Wine ...
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Is it OK to remove appmenu-gtk and install appmenu-gtk:i386?
I wanted to eliminate some skype errors and by installing the appmenu-gtk:i386 package the errors were gone!
These were the errors:
$ skype
/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so: wrong ...
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Can I upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 from 32 bit to 64 bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to “upgrade” from a 32bit to a 64bit installation?
There was a similar question for older Ubuntu versions, but not for 12.04.
Multiarch is ...
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How do I install a 32-bit proprietary deb on a 64-bit system without causing dependency problems?
I know Guitar pro doesn't support 64 bit, but i did get it to work with this command
jeggy@jeggy-XPS:~$ sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i GuitarPro6-rev9063.deb
[sudo] password for jeggy:
Selecting ...
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Multi-Architectures and Their Binaries
Why is there a /usr/lib and a /usr/lib32 directory but only a /usr/bin and no /usr/bin32 directory on a AMD64 64-bit-install of Ubuntu? If or when Debian/Ubuntu start supporting ...
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running a 32 bit .bin file on 64 bit Kubuntu
I am running a 64-bit version of Kubuntu 12.04. When trying to run a 32-bit .bin file I am getting the following error:
$ ./jdevstudio11121install.bin
./jdevstudio11121install.bin: No such file or ...
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Updates listed but not installed
After upgrading to 12.04 Gnome Classic amd64, several updates are listed in update manager, but do not install. In my x86 upgrade this is not happening. The amd64 upgrade is a disaster with many ...
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Cannot install ia32-libs
I don't know why I can't install ia32-libs. It claims for a dependency that cannot be found on repos.
junior@mediacenter:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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how to install 64bit packeges on my ubuntu 12.04 64bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cannot install ia32-libs
when I try to install 64bit packages on ubuntu 12.04 64bit, package manager says :
Error: Cannot install 'ia32-libs'
and I tried to ...
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Will the aptitude/multiarch bug allow a successful upgrade from 10.04 LTS to 12.04LTS on a 64bit workstation?
The release notes say in known issues "Aptitude does not work on 64-bit systems without disabling multiarch in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch . (831768)"
Is this going to fail my i386 stuff in my ...
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ia32-libs will not install due to dependency problems
When I upgraded to 12.04 all the 32bit libraries was removed.
When I used Synaptic to upgrade, Synaptic installed all the 32bit libraries.
When I later used apt-get to install a ppa, I was told to ...
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i386 deb package for amd64 machines
I am building an application and I want to build a DEB package, but I have a problem...
I want that the DEB package can be installed both 32 bits machines and 64 bits machines.
Then I build a 32 bits ...
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How can I switch a 32-bit installation to a 64-bit one?
I've got a 32-bit Ubuntu installation running on 64-bit hardware. Now that multi-arch has been implemented, I would like to switch to 64-bit without having to reinstall the OS.
This is one of the ...
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Is there a way to install i386 packages w/ it's i386 dependencies?
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit and I wish to install the CAD application DraftSight, which as of now only come in a 32-bit .deb file.
I have installed this with some success before, but since 11.10 ...
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How do I install a 32-bit Java runtime on an amd64 server with multiarch?
I'm a long time Ubuntu user, but I haven't been following the community for the last several versions. I just did fresh default minimal amd64 install of Oneiric and I need a 32-bit JRE for a ...
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How to install 32-bit deb package on 64-bit ubuntu?
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 ...
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Installing 32 bit java now that ia32-sun-java6-bin is not available [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install Sun/Oracle's proprietary Java 6/7 JRE or JDK?
Prior to 11.10, I could install a 32 bit java side by side with the 64 bit versions using the package ...
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why so many “duplicated” (i386 + x86_64) packages installed?
I did a fresh install of a 64bit laptop (where previously i had ubuntu 10.04 64bit) I now notice that everytime i install a package from the reppos, i get lots of duplicate libs both in 32bit and ...
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How to disable multiarch support?
I don't want to install any i386 package.
Is there any way to disable functionality?
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Are there any kernel optimization for multi-arch?
I just discovered that Synaptic on my Oneiric installation displays about 55 thousand packages instead of 35. About 20 of these have a name ending with :i386. I also recently read in the Oneiric Beta ...
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Why is synaptic downloading packages for both amd64 and i386?
I'm running Oneiric 64-bit, and since I've upgraded I notice Synaptic has split the repositories into 64-bit and 32-bit, but it's downloading archive lists for both of them, taking twice the time as ...
