Package: ia32-apt-get Version: 22 Severity: grave I cannot install skype via ia32-apt-get. The line in my sources.list is:
deb [arch=i386] http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free and I ran /usr/share/ia32-apt-get/convert-all-sources.list But ia32-apt-get behaves as though it were ignoring the flag [arch=i386], because although "ia32-apt-get update" does not complain about skype's repository, "ia32-apt-get install skype" cannot download the package. I solved the issue by downloading the .deb from skype's site, and # ia32-dpkg -i skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb # ia32-apt-get -f install Thank you, David -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ia32-apt-get depends on: ii debconf 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy ii ia32-libs-tools 22 Tools for converting i386 debs for Versions of packages ia32-apt-get recommends: ii fakeroot 1.12.4 Gives a fake root environment ia32-apt-get suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * ia32-apt-get/allowed-packages: Libraries ia32-apt-get/undo-old-sources-list: