Hi,
My system is amd64:
$ dpkg --print-architecture
amd64
I wish to install acroread from deb-multimedia [1].
According to the FAQ I should do
$ dpkg --add-architecture i386 # (*)
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install acroread
My understanding, based on the manual [2], is that even after
executing (*), I should still have the same old "pure" amd64 system
as before, decorated with some i386 "islands".
The latter will be confined to those i386 packages (and their
dependencies) that I would explicitly install by
(a) requesting a package that is available for i386 but not
for amd64 architectures (such as the case with acroread);
or,
(b) by explicitly requesting -- for whatever reason -- to
install an i386 version, e.g.:
$ apt-get install <pkg-name>:i386 # (Correct?)
The bottom line --
Can some knowledgable people confirm the above anticipation, or
point out some obvious pitfalls that I missed?
Thanks in advance.
Itay
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[1] http://deb-multimedia.org.
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO
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