I'm trying to install ia32-libs and i tried nearly all commands to install this package but always i got an error. Here is what i've tried so far;
sudo apt-get install ia32libs
orkun@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32libs
[sudo] password for orkun:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
N: Ignoring file 'ferramroberto-java-quantal.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'ferramroberto-java-quantal.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'ferramroberto-java-quantal.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Unable to locate package ia32libs
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sudo apt-get install package-name:i386
orkun@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install package-name:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
N: Ignoring file 'ferramroberto-java-quantal.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'ferramroberto-java-quantal.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: Unable to locate package package-name
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Downloading this package and trying these commands;
sudo dpkg -i «package name>
orkun@ubuntu:~/İndirilenler$ sudo dpkg -i ia32-libs_20090808ubuntu36_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 151309 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 (using ia32-libs_20090808ubuntu36_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ia32-libs ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ia32-libs:
ia32-libs depends on ia32-libs-multiarch; however:
Package ia32-libs-multiarch is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ia32-libs (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
ia32-libs
Best Answer
Sounds like your APT doesn't have an i386 foreign architecture. I have no idea why this happens to people...
Try: