I have a Debian testing amd64 laptop. Only testing, no unstable or experimental. I need to install ia32-libs to run eclipse in 32 bit mode for android development.
However, I get a slew of conflicts, and it seems that aptitude wants to replace a lot of my 64 bit aps with 32 bit apps. Apps like gnome, gnome-core, empathy, etc. Is this normal or necessary? I thought the ia32-libs was just supposed to help make it possible to run 32 bit apps on a 64 bit machine, not replace all the 64 bit apps with 32 bit apps. Is that correct? Here is the output from trying to install ia32-libs in my machine.... root@orca:/home/mark# aptitude install ia32-libs The following NEW packages will be installed: esound-common{a} freeglut3:i386 gcc-4.8-base:i386{a} ia32-libs ia32-libs-i386:i386 krb5-locales{a} lesstif2:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libasound2:i386{a} libasyncns0:i386 libattr1:i386{a} libaudio2:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386{a} libavahi-common3:i386{a} libbsd0:i386 libc6:i386{a} libc6-i686:i386{a} libcaca0:i386{a} libcap2:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdb5.1:i386{a} libdbus-1-3:i386{a} libdirectfb-1.2-9:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386{a} libdrm-nouveau2:i386{a} libdrm-radeon1:i386{a} libdrm2:i386{a} libedit2:i386 libesd0:i386 libexif12:i386 libexpat1:i386{a} libffi6:i386{a} libflac8:i386{a} libfltk1.1:i386 libfontconfig1:i386{a} libfreetype6:i386{a} libgcc1:i386{a} libgcrypt11:i386{a} libgd3:i386{a} libgdbm3:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386{a} libgl1-mesa-glx:i386{a} libglapi-mesa:i386{a} libglu1-mesa:i386 libgnutls26:i386{a} libgpg-error0:i386{a} libgphoto2-2:i386 libgphoto2-port0:i386{a} libgpm2:i386{a} libgssapi-krb5-2:i386{a} libice6:i386{a} libidn11:i386{a} libieee1284-3:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjbig0:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libjpeg8:i386{a} libjson-c2:i386{a} libk5crypto3:i386{a} libkeyutils1:i386{a} libkrb5-3:i386{a} libkrb5support0:i386{a} liblcms1:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386{a} libllvm3.2:i386{a} libltdl7:i386{a} liblzma5:i386{a} liblzo2-2:i386 libmpg123-0:i386 libncursesw5:i386{a} libnspr4:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libodbc1:i386 libogg0:i386{a} libopenal1:i386 libopus0:i386{ab} libp11-kit0:i386{a} libpam0g:i386 libpciaccess0:i386{a} libpcre3:i386{a} libpng12-0:i386{a} libpopt0:i386 libpulse0:i386{a} librtmp0:i386{a} libsamplerate0:i386{a} libsane:i386 libsane-extras:i386{a} libsasl2-2:i386{a} libsasl2-modules:i386{a} libsdl1.2debian:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsigc++-2.0-0c2a:i386 libslang2:i386{a} libsm6:i386{a} libsndfile1:i386{a} libsqlite3-0:i386{a} libssh2-1:i386{a} libssl1.0.0:i386{a} libstdc++5:i386 libstdc++6:i386{a} libsysfs2:i386 libtasn1-3:i386{a} libtdb1:i386 libtiff4:i386{a} libtinfo5:i386{a} libts-0.0-0:i386{a} libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386{a} libudev0:i386{a} libusb-0.1-4:i386 libusb-1.0-0:i386{a} libuuid1:i386{a} libv4l-0:i386{a} libv4lconvert0:i386{a} libvorbis0a:i386{a} libvorbisenc2:i386{a} libvorbisfile3:i386 libvpx1:i386{a} libwrap0:i386{a} libx11-6:i386{a} libx11-xcb1:i386{a} libx86-1:i386 libxau6:i386{a} libxaw7:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386{a} libxcb-glx0:i386{a} libxcb-render-util0:i386 libxcb-render0:i386{a} libxcb1:i386{a} libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386{a} libxdmcp6:i386{a} libxext6:i386{a} libxfixes3:i386{a} libxft2:i386{a} libxi6:i386{a} libxinerama1:i386{a} libxml2:i386 libxmu6:i386{a} libxmuu1:i386 libxp6:i386{a} libxpm4:i386{a} libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386{a} libxslt1.1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386{a} libxtst6:i386{a} libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386{a} odbcinst{a} odbcinst1debian2{a} odbcinst1debian2:i386 uuid-runtime{a} xaw3dg:i386 zlib1g:i386{a} 0 packages upgraded, 163 newly installed, 0 to remove and 61 not upgraded. Need to get 52.6 MB of archives. After unpacking 173 MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libopus0 : Conflicts: libopus0:i386 but 1.1~beta-3 is to be installed. libopus0:i386 : Conflicts: libopus0 but 1.1~beta-3 is installed. Internal error: found 2 (choice -> promotion) mappings for a single choice. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) anki 2) cheese 3) dvdrip 4) dvgrab 5) empathy 6) ffmpeg 7) gnome 8) gnome-control-center 9) gnome-core 10) gnome-media 11) gnome-orca 12) gnome-video-effects 13) gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 14) gstreamer0.10-plugins-good 15) gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 16) libasound2-plugins 17) libavcodec54 18) libavdevice54 19) libavfilter3 20) libavformat54 21) libcanberra-pulse 22) libcheese-gtk21 23) libcheese3 24) libespeak1 25) libfarstream-0.1-0 26) libjack-jackd2-0 27) liblavfile-2.0-0 28) liblavplay-2.0-0 29) libmlt++3 30) libmlt6 31) libopus0 32) libportaudio2 33) libpurple-bin 34) libpurple0 35) libquicktime2 36) libtelepathy-farstream2 37) libxine2 38) libxine2-ffmpeg 39) libxine2-misc-plugins 40) libxine2-plugins 41) libxine2-x 42) melt 43) mjpegtools 44) mplayer2 45) nautilus-sendto-empathy 46) openshot 47) opera 48) pulseaudio 49) pulseaudio-module-x11 50) python-mlt 51) python-pyaudio 52) rhythmbox 53) rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder 54) rhythmbox-plugins 55) rygel-playbin 56) sound-juicer 57) speech-dispatcher 58) subtitleripper 59) telepathy-haze 60) thoggen 61) totem 62) totem-plugins 63) transcode 64) xine-ui Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 65) libxine2 recommends libxine2-ffmpeg 66) transcode recommends mjpegtools 67) libbrasero-media3-1 recommends gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 68) gnash-common recommends gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 69) gnome-applets recommends gnome-media 70) gnome-bluetooth recommends gnome-control-center 71) gnome-control-center-data recommends gnome-control-center (>= 1:3.4.3.1-5) 72) gnome-online-accounts recommends gnome-control-center (>= 3.6.1) 73) gnome-panel recommends gnome-control-center 74) gnome-settings-daemon recommends pulseaudio 75) mousetweaks recommends gnome-control-center 76) rhythmbox-data recommends rhythmbox 77) rygel recommends gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 78) speech-dispatcher recommends pulseaudio 79) libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 recommends gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 80) libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 recommends gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 81) empathy recommends telepathy-haze 82) totem recommends gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad 83) gnome-shell recommends gnome-control-center Any suggestions of how to make 64 bit and 32 bit apps play nicely in Debian? Thanks, Mark