Public bug reported: On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) AMD64 version, when I try to install the i386 version of the libxkbfile1 the package manager asks to remove too many important packages, as show below:
$ sudo apt-get install libxkbfile1:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: gnome-control-center gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon indicator-datetime indicator-power indicator-session libgnomekbd7 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 nvidia-current ubuntu-desktop ubuntuone-client-gnome unity-greeter x11-apps x11-xkb-utils xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware The following NEW packages will be installed: libxkbfile1:i386 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 49 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 67.4 kB of archives. After this operation, 196 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ** Affects: libxkbfile (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890928 Title: When trying to install libxkbfile1:i386 the pkg manager asks to remove too many important packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxkbfile/+bug/890928/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs