Re: apt-ia32 is driving me nuts
Damon Chesser kirjoitti ma 10. elokuuta 2009 17.39.04:
> I know this is the Users-list, but perhaps you can shed some light on
> this for me. This ia32-lib silliness to make systems work with both
> x64 and x32 systems and the way it interacts with synaptic/aptitude
> produces totally wacky outcomes. I just tried to upgrade to current
> Sid and Sun JRE needs to be removed because Sun java bin needs
> ia32-java something or another. A few other needed packages also want
> to be removed.
>
> Before I ever knew of apt-ia32 my x64 system worked fine. If (IF) I
> needed a 32 bit program installed I would just use dpkg
> --force-architecture foo.deb. Now I find I have to jump through a
> hoop of using synaptic, aptitude or apt-get to get results that makes
> sense.
>
> Why all the bother? I mean x64 has been around for like five years.
> Bite the bullet. Who is making x32 systems anymore? Who?
>
> Java is x64, flash is beta x64. Firefox works fine in x64, nonfree
> codex are x64. virt-manager used to work:
>
> Error starting Virtual Machine
> Manager: /usr/lib/virt-manager/sparkline.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
>
>
> What am I missing? Why all the ia32 silliness?
Here:
http://news.debian.net/2009/08/06/ia32-libs-and-ia32-libs-gtk-are-back/
you can find some explanation.
> How do I get a sane system back that works with synaptic and aptitude
> with out removing half my system?
I fixed my system by removing ia32-apt-get and all those 32 packages
(apt-get --purge remove ia32-apt-get lib32stdc++6 lib32gcc1
etc.). Updated the system and installed the fixed packages (ia32-libs
and ia32-libs-gtk). All seem to work fine now. Some packages, like wine,
were removed by the process, but I got all back afterwards.
I have found that following the sidux forums can give me good tips when
somebody messes some packages, for example the ia32-libs situation was
discussed lengtly here:
http://sidux.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-p-134285.html#134285
- Petteri
ps. There is also Debian weather where one can check what is the upgrade
situation: http://edos.debian.net/weather
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