Re: Pursuant to my efforts to remove, and update the remaining :amd64 built packages
On Saturday 04 June 2016 15:45:17 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 04 June 2016 05:53:17 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > The aptitude on your system is an older version (on sid it is 0.8.1),
>
> Yes, this is wheezy. 6.8.2 here.
Which, according to <aptitude show aptitude> " is also Y2K-compliant,
non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken."
Even if it is not succeeding in sorting out the mess! Isn't that
reassuring? ;-)
I assume you have read this? (And, of course, marked, learnt and inwardly
digested, as well as obeyed???)
https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation
Lisi
>
> > maybe it hasn't the full architecture support.
> > The dpkg output is reliable, I think. Since in the output of the dpkg
> > command all amd64 packages have an "ii" at the beginning of the line,
> > it shows that all your amd64 packages are installed correctly.
> >
> > Then, I'd like to see the output of
>
> $>dpkg -C >trash.list, cat trash.list
> The following packages have an unknown foreign architecture, which will
> cause dependency issues on front-ends. This can be fixed by registering
> the foreign architecture with dpkg --add-architecture:
> libxdmcp6:amd64 X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library
> libfreetype6:amd64 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
> libxml2:amd64 GNOME XML library
> libdbus-1-3:amd64 simple interprocess messaging system (library)
> libvorbisfile3:amd64 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec (High
> Level AP libffi5:amd64 Foreign Function Interface library runtime
> libuuid1:amd64 Universally Unique ID library
> libgssapi-krb5-2:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API
> Mechanism libdbus-glib-1-2:amd64 simple interprocess messaging system
> (GLib-based shared l libk5crypto3:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries -
> Crypto Library libudev0:amd64 libudev shared library
> libfontconfig1:amd64 generic font configuration library - runtime
> libogg0:amd64 Ogg bitstream library
> libthai0:amd64 Thai language support library
> zlib1g:amd64 compression library - runtime
> libgcc1:amd64 GCC support library
> libasound2:amd64 shared library for ALSA applications
> libsqlite3-0:amd64 SQLite 3 shared library
> libkeyutils1:amd64 Linux Key Management Utilities (library)
> libjbig0:amd64 JBIGkit libraries
> libattr1:amd64 Extended attribute shared library
> libtiff4:amd64 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library (old version)
> libaudiofile1:amd64 Open-source version of SGI's audiofile library
> libkrb5support0:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Support library
> libcomerr2:amd64 common error description library
> libmng1:amd64 Multiple-image Network Graphics library
> libacl1:amd64 Access control list shared library
> libjpeg8:amd64 Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library
> libdatrie1:amd64 Double-array trie library
> libavahi-common-data:amd64 Avahi common data files
> libjasper1:amd64 JasPer JPEG-2000 runtime library
> libatk1.0-0:amd64 ATK accessibility toolkit
> liblzma5:amd64 XZ-format compression library
> libavahi-common3:amd64 Avahi common library
> torsocks use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor
> libpcre3:amd64 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library -
> runtime fi liblcms1:amd64 Little CMS color management library
> libbz2-1.0:amd64 high-quality block-sorting file compressor library -
> runt libvorbis0a:amd64 The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
> (Decoder libra gcc-4.7-base:amd64 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base
> package) libavahi-client3:amd64 Avahi client library
> libice6:amd64 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
> libselinux1:amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries
> libevent-2.0-5:amd64 Asynchronous event notification library
> libsm6:amd64 X11 Session Management library
> libpng12-0:amd64 PNG library - runtime
> libhunspell-1.3-0:amd64 spell checker and morphological analyzer (shared
> library) libstdc++6:amd64 GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> libglib2.0-0:amd64 GLib library of C routines
> libkrb5-3:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
> libxau6:amd64 X11 authorisation library
>
> 55 lines according to wc -l
>
> So I did that by copy paste but some had dependencies, when that was done,
> a fresh dpkg -C generated this trash.list2:
>
> The following packages have an unknown foreign architecture, which will
> cause dependency issues on front-ends. This can be fixed by registering
> the foreign architecture with dpkg --add-architecture:
> libfreetype6:amd64 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
> libdbus-1-3:amd64 simple interprocess messaging system (library)
> libffi5:amd64 Foreign Function Interface library runtime
> libuuid1:amd64 Universally Unique ID library
> libk5crypto3:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Crypto Library
> libogg0:amd64 Ogg bitstream library
> zlib1g:amd64 compression library - runtime
> libgcc1:amd64 GCC support library
> libkeyutils1:amd64 Linux Key Management Utilities (library)
> libjbig0:amd64 JBIGkit libraries
> libattr1:amd64 Extended attribute shared library
> libkrb5support0:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Support library
> libcomerr2:amd64 common error description library
> libjpeg8:amd64 Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library
> libavahi-common-data:amd64 Avahi common data files
> libavahi-common3:amd64 Avahi common library
> torsocks use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor
> libpcre3:amd64 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library -
> runtime fi gcc-4.7-base:amd64 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base
> package) libice6:amd64 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
> libselinux1:amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries
>
> Which are being held due to dependencies.
>
> > You said it showed 60 package names in error all tagged :amd64.
> > These are not shown in the list generated by "dpkg -l | grep
> > ':amd64'". They should be taken care of first by purging them all
> > together. I don't remember the output format. The idea is to generate
> > a command to extract the package names from this and feed it to dpkg
> > --purge.
>
> The output format is a mess, wc -l says 20, and word wrap is off, long
> lines pi gcc-4.7-base:amd64 4.7.2-5
> amd64 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base
> package) pi libattr1:amd64 1:2.4.46-8
> amd64 Extended attribute shared library pi
> libavahi-common-data:amd64 0.6.31-2
> amd64 Avahi common data files pi libavahi-common3:amd64
> 0.6.31-2 amd64 Avahi
> common library pi libcomerr2:amd64
> 1.42.5-1.1+deb7u1 amd64 common error
> description library pi libdbus-1-3:amd64
> 1.6.8-1+deb7u6 amd64 simple interprocess
> messaging system (library) pi libffi5:amd64
> 3.0.10-3 amd64 Foreign Function
> Interface library runtime pi libfreetype6:amd64
> 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u3 amd64 FreeType 2 font
> engine, shared library files pi libgcc1:amd64
> 1:4.7.2-5 amd64 GCC support library
> pi libice6:amd64 2:1.0.8-2
> amd64 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library pi
> libjbig0:amd64 2.0-2+deb7u1
> amd64 JBIGkit libraries pi libjpeg8:amd64
> 8d-1+deb7u1 amd64 Independent
> JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library pi libk5crypto3:amd64
> 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u7 amd64 MIT Kerberos
> runtime libraries - Crypto Library pi libkeyutils1:amd64
> 1.5.5-3+deb7u1 amd64 Linux Key
> Management Utilities (library) pi libkrb5support0:amd64
> 1.10.1+dfsg-5+deb7u7 amd64 MIT Kerberos
> runtime libraries - Support library pi libogg0:amd64
> 1.3.0-4 amd64 Ogg bitstream
> library pi libpcre3:amd64 1:8.30-5
> amd64 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression
> Library - runtime files
> pi libselinux1:amd64 2.1.9-5
> amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries pi
> libuuid1:amd64 2.20.1-5.3
> amd64 Universally Unique ID library pi zlib1g:amd64
> 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13 amd64
> compression library - runtime
>
> What does the leading pi denote?
>
> I assume I probably need to somehow force the i386 versions of these to be
> installed?
>
> > Regards,
> > jvp.
>
> My highest Regards back at you, for even trying to sort the mess I made by
> adding amd64 to the arch file.
>
> Thank you, a lot.
>
> > Gene Heskett wrote on 06/04/16 02:50:
> > > On Friday 03 June 2016 20:06:57 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > >> 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'
> > >
> > > Still does not return anything
> > >
> > >> 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'
> > >
> > > root@coyote:/var/lib/dpkg# dpkg -l | grep ':amd64'
> > > ii gcc-4.7-base:amd64 4.7.2-5
> > > amd64 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
> > > ii libacl1:amd64 2.2.51-8
> > > amd64 Access control list shared library
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > ii libxml2:amd64 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy5
> > > amd64 GNOME XML library
> > > ii zlib1g:amd64 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
> > > amd64 compression library - runtime
> > >
> > > and
> > > root@coyote:/var/lib/dpkg# dpkg -l | grep ':amd64'|wc -l
> > > 50
> > >
> > > Not sure what to believe here.
> > >
> > > Thanks jvp.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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