In my attempts to get Skype and GoogleEarth installed, I have not been at all successful at installing ia32-libs despite the positive reports from others. I have just installed the 22 Feb 2012 "precise-desktop-amd64(1).iso". My first actions were to install the packages for "nfs' and "ssh". To get all the required packages, I set up the sources as in the graphics below.
I then tried to install the ia32-libs file and the sequence that I went through is shown below.
I found it rather puzzling that packages it depended on would not be installed and when I checked they were installed. The final problem child is "ia32-libs-multiarch:i386". I have tried on two occasions to install these dependencies and have run into serious trouble. The latest which resulted in my re-installation gave the following messages:
I remember that there was comment in the past on rpm-hell. From what I have experienced so far I consider this to be deb-hell.
I then tried to install the ia32-libs file and the sequence that I went through is shown below.
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aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs [sudo] password for aurora: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: apache2.2-common : Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed Suggests: apache2-suexec or apache2-suexec-custom but it is not going to be installed Suggests: ufw but it is not going to be installed Recommends: ssl-cert but it is not going to be installed ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: pkg-config netcdf-bin netcdf-doc libmysqlclient16 freetds-common libnetcdf-dev Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: freetds-common libmysqlclient16 libnetcdf-dev netcdf-bin netcdf-doc pkg-config 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 15.0 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 165608 files and directories currently installed.) Removing freetds-common ... Removing libmysqlclient16 ... Removing libnetcdf-dev ... Removing netcdf-bin ... Removing netcdf-doc ... Removing pkg-config ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place Processing triggers for install-info ... aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... 50% Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: apache2.2-common : Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed Suggests: apache2-suexec or apache2-suexec-custom but it is not going to be installed Suggests: ufw but it is not going to be installed Recommends: ssl-cert but it is not going to be installed ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. aurora@sybil:~$ aurora@sybil:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for aurora: aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: apache2.2-common : Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed Suggests: apache2-suexec or apache2-suexec-custom but it is not going to be installed Suggests: ufw but it is not going to be installed Recommends: ssl-cert but it is not going to be installed ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install perl Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done perl is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install apache2-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done apache2-utils is already the newest version. apache2-utils set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install apache2-suexec Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done apache2-suexec is already the newest version. apache2-suexec set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install apache2-suexec-custom Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: apache2-suexec The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2-suexec-custom 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 17.2 kB of archives. After this operation, 13.3 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ufw Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ufw is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ssl-cert Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ssl-cert is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. aurora@sybil:~$ ia32-libs-multiarch ia32-libs-multiarch: command not found aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: apache2.2-common : Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed Suggests: apache2-suexec or apache2-suexec-custom but it is not going to be installed Suggests: ufw but it is not going to be installed Recommends: ssl-cert but it is not going to be installed ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 : Depends: bluez-alsa:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: gvfs:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libaudio2:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcurl3:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libgphoto2-2:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqt4-opengl:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqt4-qt3support:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqt4-scripttools:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqt4-svg:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqtgui4:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libqtwebkit4:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libsane:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxaw7:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxss1:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: xaw3dg:i386 but it is not going to be installed Suggests: libpam-ldap:i386 Suggests: libpam-winbind:i386 but it is not going to be installed Suggests: libnss-ldap:i386 E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. aurora@sybil:~$
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aurora@sybil:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs [sudo] password for aurora: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libkvkontakte1 libboost-filesystem1.46.1 libksane0 kipi-plugins-common enblend enfuse libglew1.5 libboost-system1.46.1 libplot2c2 libboost-signals1.46.1 libpano13-bin hugin-data hugin libboost-thread1.46.1 libpano13-2 libksane-data libboost-regex1.46.1 freeglut3 libimage-exiftool-perl libzthread-2.3-2 hugin-tools Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: bluez-alsa:i386 gcc-4.6-base:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386 ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao-common libao4:i386 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavc1394-0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcapi20-3:i386 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcups2:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386 libexif12:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgd2-xpm:i386 libgdbm3:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnutls26:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgphoto2-2:i386 libgphoto2-port0:i386 libgpm2:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386 libgstreamer0.10-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386 libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 libibus-1.0-0:i386 libice6:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libieee1284-3:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjasper1:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libllvm3.0:i386 libltdl7:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libmng1:i386 libmpg123-0:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libncurses5:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libogg0:i386 liboil0.3:i386 libopenal1:i386 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 libroken18-heimdal:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libsane:i386 libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libselinux1:i386 libshout3:i386 libslang2:i386 libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 libsqlite3-0:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libssl1.0.0:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386 libtag1c2a:i386 libtasn1-3:i386 libtdb1:i386 libthai0:i386 libtheora0:i386 libtiff4:i386 libtinfo5:i386 libudev0:i386 libunistring0:i386 libusb-0.1-4:i386 libuuid1:i386 libv4l-0:i386 libv4lconvert0:i386 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisenc2:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libwind0-heimdal:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxpm4:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386 zlib1g:i386 Suggested packages: murrine-themes:i386 kde-config-gtk-style:i386 gvfs-backends:i386 libpam-ldap:i386 libpam-winbind:i386 libnss-ldap:i386 libroar1:i386 libsndio0:i386 roaraudio-server:i386 libasound2-python:i386 nas:i386 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 libcanberra-pulse:i386 cups-common:i386 libdv-bin:i386 pulseaudio-esound-compat:i386 rng-tools:i386 libgd-tools:i386 libglide3:i386 gnome-keyring:i386 gnutls-bin:i386 gphoto2:i386 gtkam:i386 gpm:i386 krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386 gstreamer-codec-install:i386 gnome-codec-install:i386 gstreamer0.10-tools:i386 jackd2:i386 libjasper-runtime:i386 liblcms-utils:i386 libmyodbc:i386 odbc-postgresql:i386 tdsodbc:i386 unixodbc-bin:i386 ttf-baekmuk:i386 ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp:i386 ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp:i386 ttf-arphic-gkai00mp:i386 ttf-arphic-bkai00mp:i386 libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386 libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386 libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev:i386 qt4-qtconfig:i386 libraw1394-doc:i386 librsvg2-bin:i386 hpoj:i386 hplip:i386 libsane-extras:i386 sane-utils:i386 libsasl2-modules-otp:i386 libsasl2-modules-ldap:i386 libsasl2-modules-sql:i386 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit:i386 libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal:i386 speex:i386 Recommended packages: x-ttcidfont-conf:i386 xml-core:i386 The following NEW packages will be installed: bluez-alsa:i386 gcc-4.6-base:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao-common libao4:i386 libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavc1394-0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcapi20-3:i386 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcups2:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdb5.1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386 libexif12:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libflac8:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgcrypt11:i386 libgd2-xpm:i386 libgdbm3:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 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Need to get 78.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 244 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. aurora@sybil:~$
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