Ansgar Burchardt <"Ansgar Burchardt"@43-1.org> writes: > Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes: >> ╭──── >> │sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 >> ╰──── >> >> which failed saying - >> >> dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database >> >> How then can I remove 'i386' please, or should I just cut my losses and reinstall? > > Do you still have any i386 packages installed? I think running > > dpkg -l "*:i386" > > should list them (I don't use multiarch myself, but it works for the > native architecture and "*:all"). > > Ansgar Thanks Ansgar. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- dpkg -l "*:i386" Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=========================-=================-=================-======================================================= rc crossover 14.1.11-1 i386 Run Windows applications like MS Office rc libasound2:i386 1.0.28-1 i386 shared library for ALSA applications rc libc6:i386 2.19-18+deb8u1 i386 GNU C Library: Shared libraries rc libc6-i686:i386 2.19-18+deb8u1 i386 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i686 optimized] rc libdrm2:i386 2.4.58-2 i386 Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- runtime rc libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-6+deb8u1 i386 XML parsing C library - runtime library rc libfreetype6:i386 2.5.2-3+deb8u1 i386 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files rc libgcc1:i386 1:4.9.2-10 i386 GCC support library rc libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 10.3.2-1+deb8u1 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime rc libglapi-mesa:i386 10.3.2-1+deb8u1 i386 free implementation of the GL API -- shared library rc libglu1-mesa:i386 9.0.0-2 i386 Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU) rc libice6:i386 2:1.0.9-1+b1 i386 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library rc liblcms2-2:i386 2.6-3+b3 i386 Little CMS 2 color management library rc libpng12-0:i386 1.2.50-2+deb8u1 i386 PNG library - runtime rc libsm6:i386 2:1.2.2-1+b1 i386 X11 Session Management library rc libstdc++6:i386 4.9.2-10 i386 GNU Standard C++ Library v3 rc libudev1:i386 215-17+deb8u2 i386 libudev shared library rc libuuid1:i386 2.25.2-6 i386 Universally Unique ID library rc libx11-6:i386 2:1.6.2-3 i386 X11 client-side library rc libx11-xcb1:i386 2:1.6.2-3 i386 Xlib/XCB interface library rc libxau6:i386 1:1.0.8-1 i386 X11 authorisation library rc libxcb-dri2-0:i386 1.10-3+b1 i386 X C Binding, dri2 extension rc libxcb-dri3-0:i386 1.10-3+b1 i386 X C Binding, dri3 extension rc libxcb-glx0:i386 1.10-3+b1 i386 X C Binding, glx extension rc libxcb-present0:i386 1.10-3+b1 i386 X C Binding, present extension rc libxcb-sync1:i386 1.10-3+b1 i386 X C Binding, sync extension rc libxcb1:i386 1.10-3+b1 i386 X C Binding rc libxcursor1:i386 1:1.1.14-1+b1 i386 X cursor management library rc libxdamage1:i386 1:1.1.4-2+b1 i386 X11 damaged region extension library rc libxdmcp6:i386 1:1.1.1-1+b1 i386 X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library rc libxext6:i386 2:1.3.3-1 i386 X11 miscellaneous extension library rc libxfixes3:i386 1:5.0.1-2+b2 i386 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extension library rc libxi6:i386 2:1.7.4-1+b2 i386 X11 Input extension library rc libxrandr2:i386 2:1.4.2-1+b1 i386 X11 RandR extension library rc libxrender1:i386 1:0.9.8-1+b1 i386 X Rendering Extension client library rc libxshmfence1:i386 1.1-4 i386 X shared memory fences - shared library rc libxxf86vm1:i386 1:1.1.3-1+b1 i386 X11 XFree86 video mode extension library rc zlib1g:i386 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 i386 compression library - runtime --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Wow, that *is* a lot! But I don't think that they're all installed, ATM. I don't know what the "rc" means though. Thanks Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.1
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