Hi Rafal, On Wed, July 24, 2013 11:33, RafaÅ Pietrak wrote: > I need to install firebird version 1.5 from thrd-party, and the package > requires 32-bit environment, thus it needs "ia32-libs". Stil, > "ia32-libs" has unmet dependency on " ia32-libs-i386", which is not > available. > > 1. why "ia32-libs-i386" is not available if it's necesary (through > dependency)? > 2. or: why "ia32-libs" depends on "ia32-libs-i386"; it it's not? > > Who should I ask to fix it one way or another?
This is because Debian has switched to better technology for supporting 32 bit on 64 bit platforms: multi-arch. You can read more about it and how to use it in the Debian 7 (wheezy) release notes. The solution is that the 3rd party packages are updated to not depend on ia32-libs anymore but make use of Multiarch. You should contact the one that provides those packages to make them aware of it. As a workaround, you can probably do this: # dpkg --add-architecture i386 # apt-get update and then the ia32-libs package will install as usual. Note that this is just a workaround and that it may stop to work at some point in the future, the only real solution is that the 3rd party fixes their packages. Cheers, Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
