On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 10:40:13 -0700, Chris Hiestand wrote: > I tried the debian-user list first with no luck so I'm checking with > the experts.
> This seems like some kind of bug in dpkg. This is just missing dependencies or an appropriate force-option. > So this works fine on 64-bit squeeze: > > chiestand@squeeze:/tmp$ sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture > > adobereader-enu_9.5.1_i386.deb > > But not on 64-bit wheezy: > > chiestand@wheezy:/tmp$ sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture > > adobereader-enu_9.5.1_i386.deb > > (Reading database ... 783153 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace adobereader-enu 9.5.1 (using areader.old.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement adobereader-enu ... > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of adobereader-enu: > > adobereader-enu depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.4). > > dpkg: error processing adobereader-enu (--install): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > Processing triggers for man-db ... > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > adobereader-enu > Notice the dependency failure. But the depend is actually satisfied in wheezy: > > chiestand@wheezy:/tmp$ dpkg -l libgtk2.0-0 > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | > > Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version Description > > +++-===========================-===========================-====================================================================== > > ii libgtk2.0-0:amd64 2.24.10-1 GTK+ graphical > > user interface library > > Is this a multi-arch issue? I've tried setting up multi-arch: > > sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 > > sudo apt-get update > > But I get the same result. Either install libgtk2.0-0:i386 (and any other missing dependencies from i386), or use also --force-depends (but I don't see how the package would work if it's missing appropriate shared libraries?). regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120420185603.ga20...@gaara.hadrons.org
