On Sb, 08 dec 12, 12:31:27, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 07 dec 12, 23:49:56, Marc Shapiro wrote: > > > > What if you have a package that specifically depends on ia32-libs? > > Specifically icaclient (citrix) which I use to connect to me work > > computer from home. > > ia32-libs will still be kept as a transitional package, however it will > depend on all i386 libraries it used to contain, so the net effect will > be mostly the same. > > If you want to uninstall the unneeded libraries you could either use > dpkg --force-depends to install the non-Debian package or better use > equivs to build a dummy package to fulfill the dependency, but in both > cases you will need to take care that the actually needed libraries are > installed (e.g. as dependencies of your dummy package). Scrap that. Just install the i386 version of the non-Debian package (after activating multiarch) and let apt/itude do its job. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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