On 2010-06-28 18:51 +0200, ha...@softhome.net wrote: > I am having trouble figuring out what the right way to install i386 > packages on AMD64 Sid is. Specifically, I need to install some 32-bit > dev packages so I can compile Wine. (for regression testing) I have > ia32-libs installed, but it doesn't contain the development packages I > need. > > The Wine wiki tells me to use ia32-apt-get. I do not have > ia32-apt-get installed, and apt-get tells me there is no installation > candidate. I can't find it on packages.debian.org
It has been removed from Debian because it was too buggy and badly messed around with the package management system. > I've also seen some talk of ia32-libs-tools. That I have installed, > but apparently it could cause breakage down the line. In any case, I > have not been able to convert a package successfully. (I get tail: > cannot open `debian/changelog' for reading: No such file or directory) Where did you get this ia32-libs-tools from? > I hope this isn't a tired topic. I've done some searching, and I > haven't found a good solution, and no posts on the topic since the > middle of 2009. Is there a "right way" to do this yet? For now I would recommend to build wine in an i386 chroot. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/871vbrf4r4....@turtle.gmx.de