I tested this in a lunar container and the issue seems fixed. I'm going to close this report.
** Changed in: openssl (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1620023 Title: libssl-dev cannot coexists with libssl-dev:i386 Status in openssl package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: when installing the package "libssl-dev:i386" it removed the package "libssl-dev". the outcome of this is that I cannot compile code for embedded amd64 along with code for i386 without installing the suit package alternately. I aware to this: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689093 but also with latest version it is not working for me. Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy libssl-dev libssl-dev: Installed: 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.36 Candidate: 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.36 Version table: *** 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.36 0 500 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.1-4ubuntu3 0 500 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssl/+bug/1620023/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp