Ubuntu – Can’t I install “ia32-libs” (no candidate)

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I want to install eagle cadsoft 6.2.0 on Ubuntu 11.10, eagle is 32bit compatible so I need to install ia32-libs but its giving the following error:

Package ia32-libs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ia32-libs' has no installation candidate

after using the command sudo apt-cache search ia32 I got this:

grub-efi - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
grub-efi-ia32 - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 version)
grub-efi-ia32-bin - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 binaries)
lsb-core - Linux Standard Base 4.0 core support package
lsb-cxx - Linux Standard Base 4.0 C++ support package
lsb-desktop - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Desktop support package
lsb-graphics - Linux Standard Base 4.0 graphics support package
lsb-printing - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Printing package
elilo - Bootloader for systems using EFI-based firmware
libasm0 - Disassembling engine provided to the ERESI framework
libasm0-dev - Disassembling engine provided to the ERESI framework
lsb-languages - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Runtime Languages package
lsb-multimedia - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Multimedia package
lsb-qt4 - Linux Standard Base 4.0 Qt4 support package
refit - graphical boot menu for ia32 and x64 EFI systems
ia32-libs-multiarch - Multi-arch versions of former ia32-libraries
microcode.ctl - Intel IA32/IA64 CPU Microcode Utility

please help.

Best Answer

You are already on a 32-bit system!

  • ia32-libs, or 32-bit compatibility libraries for 64-bit systems, is only available in the amd64 repositories, i.e. if you are using a 64-bit version of Ubuntu.
  • You only get the "no installation candidate" error if you are already on a 32-bit system.
  • As this page shows, it is available for Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit.

You can run "32-bit compatible" packages such as Eagle Cadsoft on a 32-bit Ubuntu system without needing to install ia32-libs. (Just try it :-)

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