Re: dpkg fails to install 32-bit adobe acrobat reader on 64-bit wheezy system: depends issue

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 14:58:33 -0700, Chris Hiestand wrote:
> Actually now that I'm trying to install from scratch instead of upgrade
> the message seems to be different (libgtk2.0-0:any instead of libgtk2.0-0):

> > chiestand@wheezy:/tmp$ sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture adobereader-enu_9.5.1_i386.deb
> > dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
> >  package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
> > Selecting previously unselected package adobereader-enu.
> > (Reading database ... 782797 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Unpacking adobereader-enu (from adobereader-enu_9.5.1_i386.deb) ...
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adobereader-enu:
> >  adobereader-enu depends on libgtk2.0-0:any.
> > dpkg: error processing adobereader-enu (--install):
> >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > Processing triggers for man-db ...
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  adobereader-enu
> 
> Perhaps the upgrade message should say libgtk2.0-0:i386 instead?

Well, certainly at least something clearer than libgtk2.0-0:any. I've
put that on my list of messages to clarify for 1.16.3 or 1.16.4.

thanks,
guillem