I've been trying to install python2.7:i386 on an amd64 machine (i require it for another piece closed-source software that only has 32 bit support), and i'm having trouble doing that.
Since im using Wheezy RC1 i'm aware of the possibility that there's no solution available but i'd like to avoid installing native 32 bit OS because i need the extra RAM and performance.
Also, debian 6 AFAIK only has python2.6 packages (with which i have other dependency issues)
I'd like any suggestion i can get...
To make myself clearer i included shell output for what i'm trying to do and what's the machine's status.
user@vmdeb:~$ su -c "apt-get install python2.7:i386"
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python2.7:i386 : Depends: mime-support:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
user@vmdeb:~$ su -c "apt-get install mime-support:i386"
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package mime-support:i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package 'mime-support:i386' has no installation candidate
user@vmdeb:~$ uname -a
Linux vmdeb 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
user@vmdeb:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
7.0
user@vmdeb:~$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
user@vmdeb:~$ dpkg --print-architecture
amd64