Re: Will installing libc6-i686 on my i586 crunch my installation?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/17/2009 08:41 AM, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running Sarge on an old Pentium-90 (i586).
> When I try to install autossh I am asked to install libc6-i686:
>
> > mesrv:~# apt-get install autossh
> > Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
> > Abh�ngigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
> > Die folgenden zus�tzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
> >  libc6 libedit2 libkeyutils1 libkrb53 libncurses5 libssl0.9.8 locales openssh-client
> > Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
> >  glibc-doc libc6-i686 krb5-doc krb5-user ssh-askpass libpam-ssh keychain
>
> So libc6-i686 is under the "recommended packes", hope that translation
> is accurat.
>
> However, as I said my system is an i586 - so will installing it cause
> any problems?
> Do you have any idea why apt recommends to install an i686 version,
> desite the fact that I have an i586?

This should guide you:

$ apt-cache show libc6-i686

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