Re: Skype and Multiarch

[Claudius Hubig <debian_1212@chubig.net>]

Hello Hugo,

Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> AFAIK installation of skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb on Wheezy with 
> multiarch is also impossible because some of the i386 libraries are of 
> different versions:

0 14:56 0 ares: ~ # dpkg --print-architecture 
amd64
0 14:56 0 ares: ~ # dpkg --print-foreign-architectures 
i386
0 14:56 0 ares: ~ # dpkg -l skype | tail -n 1
ii  skype                                 4.1.0.20-1                        i386         Wherever you are, wherever they are

> package-0:i386 1.2.49-1 cannot be configured because libpng12-0:amd64 is 
> at a different version (1.2.49-3)

0 14:56 0 ares: ~ # dpkg -l libpng12-0 | tail -n 2
ii  libpng12-0:amd64                      1.2.49-1                          amd64        PNG library - runtime
ii  libpng12-0:i386                       1.2.49-1                          i386         PNG library - runtime
0 14:56 0 ares: ~ # rmadison libpng12-0
 libpng12-0 | 1.2.44-1+squeeze4 | squeeze-security | amd64, armel, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
 libpng12-0 | 1.2.44-1+squeeze4 | squeeze          | amd64, armel, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
 libpng12-0 | 1.2.49-1          | wheezy           | amd64, armel, armhf, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, s390x, sparc
 libpng12-0 | 1.2.49-3          | sid              | amd64, armel, armhf, hurd-i386, i386, ia64, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, s390x, sparc

Perfectly possible for me. You will have to provide more details if
you insist on ‘impossible’ :-)

Best,

Claudius