Greetings all; I apparently play with the amd64 architecture in my dpkg architecture list long enough to screw it up, but not fatally so far.
I have a libexpat1:amd64 files installed, but so far I have been unsuccessful at getting it replaced with the next version of that file in i386 format, which matches the install. My last attempt generated this failure, so I need a dpkg guru again. ========================== gene@coyote:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg -i --force-remove-reinstreq libexpat1_2.1.0-1+deb7u3_i386.deb libexpat1-dev_2.1.0-1+deb7u3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 421567 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-1+deb7u3 (using libexpat1_2.1.0-1+deb7u3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libexpat1:i386 ... Preparing to replace libexpat1-dev 2.1.0-1+deb7u3 (using libexpat1-dev_2.1.0-1+deb7u3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libexpat1-dev ... dpkg: error processing libexpat1:i386 (--install): package libexpat1:i386 2.1.0-1+deb7u3 cannot be configured because libexpat1:amd64 is at a different version (2.1.0-1+deb7u2) dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libexpat1-dev: libexpat1-dev depends on libexpat1 (= 2.1.0-1+deb7u3); however: Package libexpat1:i386 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libexpat1-dev (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libexpat1:i386 libexpat1-dev gene@coyote:/var/cache/apt/archives$ ================================= I haven't tried removing the -dev package by itself yet, but that just failed too. How can I force dpkg to replace the erroneously installed amd64 version without its destroying the rest of the system because of the many dependencies would cause it to nuke at least another 50 packages? Where is the dpkg unconditional "--force-replace" option IOW? Thanks folks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
