On Thursday 13,December,2012 02:24 PM, Johan Grönqvist wrote: > 2012-12-13 05:25, lina skrev: >> Hi, >> >> 1. I kept the acroread related from updating for half a year, I guess. >> >> 2. Today, I tried full-upgrade, >> [...] >> 3. From http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ >> >> I try: >> >> To install new acroread packages : >> dpkg --add-architecture i386 >> apt-get update >> apt-get install acroread >> >> Now: >> >> apt-get install acroread >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> The following extra packages will be installed: >> [long list of i386 packages] >> Suggested packages: >> [list of i386 packages] >> Recommended packages: >> cups-bsd:i386 mime-support:i386 hicolor-icon-theme:i386 xml-core:i386 >> The following packages will be REMOVED: >> lpr >> The following NEW packages will be installed: >> [long list of i386 packages] >> 0 upgraded, 76 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >> >> 4. $ uname -a >> Linux debian 3.3.5 #1 SMP Thu May 10 16:24:07 SGT 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> >> I am confused about how to install the acroread, without installing >> other i386 packages. >> > > Short answer: You cant. You had the same things installed before, and > they were just hidden inside of ia32-libs. > > Acroread is now a multiarch-package, as it says on the deb-multimedia > website, and the amd64 package for acroread is gone. The point of > multiarch is to allow installation of the 32-bit package belonging to > the i386 arch and using that acroread on your amd64 system. > > The i386 package of acroread has dependencies on lots of other i386 > libraries. Previously the 32-bit acroread was packaged in an amd64 > package with dependency on ia32-libs. ia32-libs was a very large package > containing all of the 32-bit libraries that acroread depended on. > > In the new world you can remove the large and unmaintanable ia32-libs > and instead install well-maintained packages from i386.
I have purged all ia32-libs related package. Shall I install the 76 packages? (a little worry may mess up the system) Thanks, > > Hope that is clear enough. > > Regards > > Johan > > -- 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/50c97601.8070...@gmail.com