On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 12:02:54 -0700, Van Snyder wrote:
I ran "dpkg --add-architecture i386" and "apt install libgtk2\*"
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Finally, I ran "apt install libgtk2\*:i386" and it worked.
What is the REAL way to add 32-bit support in Trixie?
That looks correct. The --add-architecture, followed by apt update,
and then the manual installation of libraries ending with :i386 --
those are the proper steps.
I would have expected "dpkg --add-architecture i386" followed by "apt update" and "apt install libgtk2\*" to install the i386 version (and dependencies). But it didn't.
I had to run "apt install libgtk2\*:i386".
What's the point of "dpkg --add-architecture i386" if it doesn't really add that architecture?