Re: Strange architechture problem

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Gene Heskett wrote on 05/23/16 05:53:
<snip>
> gene@coyote:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo 
> dpkg -i --force-remove-reinstreq libexpat1_2.1.0-1+deb7u3_i386.deb 
> libexpat1-dev_2.1.0-1+deb7u3_i386.deb

<snip>

> dpkg: error processing libexpat1:i386 (--install):
>  package libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-1+deb7u3 cannot be configured because 
> libexpat1:amd64 is at a different version (2.1.0-1+deb7u2)

<snip>

This is the relevant error message, I think. Either, update the amd64 version
too or purge it like so:

  dpkg --purge 'libexpat1:amd64'

Anything depending on it (should only be amd64 packages) must also be purged.

Regards,

jvp.