Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

Some more explanations: these tilde-on-letter combinations are search patterns
for aptitude. "~c" stands for packages already removed but not purged, there are
some config files left on the system. See also "--purge --pending" in the man
page of dpkg.
So this does no harm if you don't intend to reinstall one of these packages.

Just to list these sort of packages command

  aptitude search '~c'

"~ramd64" addresses all packages for architecture amd64, "~i" addresses all
installed packages. The patterns can be combined, for example

  aptitude search '~c~ramd64'

Could you show what this command lists?
You said

  aptitude search '~i~ramd64'

didn't list any package, which would mean there is no amd64 package installed on
your system.

Could you also show the outcome of

  dpkg -l | grep ':amd64'

?

Regards,
jvp.