Hi all,
While testing change a Debian Wheezy from 32bit to 64bit I ran into an issue.
Following the guide on https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading
<https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading>
Once we've change to 64bit we plan to update to Debian 8 and then possibly to
Debian 9
Changing the kernel to 64bit works fine, installing a 64bit version of dpkg,
tar & apt also works fine.
But then when having to change the installed packages from 32bit to 64bit I ran
into trouble.
When trying to run install vim for example:
# apt-get install vim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
acpi-support-base : Depends: acpid (>= 1.0.4) but it is not going to be
installed
Recommends: consolekit but it is not going to be installed
acpid:i386 : Depends: module-init-tools:i386 (> 3.1-rel-2) but it is not
installable
Recommends: acpi-support-base:i386 (>= 0.114-1) but it is not
installable
adduser : Depends: perl-base (>= 5.6.0) but it is not going to be installed
ca-certificates : Depends: openssl (>= 1.0.0) but it is not going to be
installed
ca-certificates-java : Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b16-1.6.1-2) but
it is not going to be installed or
java6-runtime-headless
Depends: libnss3 (>= 3.12.10-2~) but it is not going to
be installed
console-setup-linux : Depends: kbd (>= 0.99-12) or
console-tools (>= 1:0.2.3-16) but it is not
going to be installed
debconf : PreDepends: perl-base (>= 5.6.1-4) but it is not going to be
installed
Recommends: apt-utils (>= 0.5.1) but it is not going to be installed
debconf-i18n : Depends: liblocale-gettext-perl but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: libtext-iconv-perl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libtext-charwidth-perl but it is not going to be
installed
facter : Depends: virt-what but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: dmidecode but it is not going to be installed
fai-client : Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libapt-pkg-perl but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libgraph-perl but it is not going to be installed
grub-pc:i386 : Depends: ucf:i386 but it is not installable
initramfs-tools : Depends: klibc-utils (>= 2.0-1~) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: cpio but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: busybox (>= 1:1.01-3) but it is not going to be
installed or
busybox-initramfs but it is not installable or
busybox-static but it is not going to be
installed
initscripts:i386 : Depends: sysv-rc:i386 but it is not installable or
file-rc:i386 but it is not installable
keyboard-configuration : Depends: liblocale-gettext-perl but it is not going
to be installed
Depends: initscripts but it is not going to be
installed
libaugeas-ruby : Depends: libaugeas-ruby1.9.1 but it is not going to be
installed
libaugeas0:i386 : Depends: augeas-lenses:i386 but it is not installable
libjson-ruby : Depends: ruby-json but it is not going to be installed
libpam-runtime : Depends: libpam-modules (>= 1.0.1-6) but it is not going to
be installed
libswitch-perl : Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed
libtext-wrapi18n-perl : Depends: libtext-charwidth-perl but it is not going to
be installed
linux-base : Depends: libuuid-perl but it is not going to be installed
module-init-tools : Depends: libkmod2 but it is not going to be installed
nfs-common:i386 : Depends: ucf:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: python:i386 but it is not installable
ntp:i386 : Depends: netbase:i386 but it is not installable
perl:i386 : Depends: perl-modules:i386 (>= 5.14.2-21+deb7u5) but it is not
installable
Recommends: netbase:i386 but it is not installable
perl-modules : Depends: perl (>= 5.14.2-1) but it is not going to be installed
puppet-common : Depends: libopenssl-ruby or
libopenssl-ruby1.9.1 or
libruby (>= 1:1.9.3.4) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: ruby-shadow but it is not going to be installed or
libshadow-ruby1.8
python : Depends: python2.7 (>= 2.7.3-1~) but it is not going to be installed
python-minimal : Depends: python2.7-minimal (>= 2.7.3-1~) but it is not going
to be installed
python2.7:i386 : Depends: mime-support:i386 but it is not installable
ruby : Depends: ruby1.9.1 (>= 1.9.3.194-1) but it is not going to be installed
sysv-rc : Depends: sysvinit-utils (>= 2.86.ds1-62) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: insserv (> 1.12.0-10) but it is not going to be installed
sysvinit:i386 : PreDepends: sysv-rc:i386 but it is not installable or
file-rc:i386 but it is not installable
tasksel : Depends: liblocale-gettext-perl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: perl-base (>= 5.14.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
vim : Depends: vim-common (= 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u4) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libtinfo5 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a
solution).
Then when trying apt-get -f install:
# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
fontconfig:i386 libasound2:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libatk-wrapper-java-jni:i386
libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386
libavahi-common3:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcups2:i386
libdatrie1:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 libdrm-radeon1:i386
libdrm2:i386 libffi5:i386 libflac8:i386 libfontconfig1:i386
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgif4:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386
libgtk2.0-bin:i386 libice6:i386 libjasper1:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libjson0:i386
liblcms2-2:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libogg0:i386
libopts25:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386
libpulse0:i386 libreadline5:i386 libsctp1:i386 libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386
libthai0:i386 libtiff4:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
libvorbisenc2:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-xcb1:i386 libxau6:i386
libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb1:i386
libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386
libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386
libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386
libyaml-0-2:i386 lksctp-tools:i386 shared-mime-info:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
acpid cpio dmidecode icedtea-6-jre-cacao icedtea-6-jre-jamvm initscripts
insserv kbd klibc-utils libapt-pkg-perl libaugeas-ruby1.9.1 libaugeas0
libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libblkid1
libcomerr2 libcups2 libdb5.1 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libffi5 libfreetype6
libgcrypt11 libgdbm3 libgnutls26 libgpg-error0 libgpm2 libgssapi-krb5-2
libjpeg8 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libklibc libkmod2 libkrb5-3
libkrb5support0 liblcms2-2 liblocale-gettext-perl libncurses5 libncursesw5
libnspr4 libnss3 libp11-kit0 libpam-modules libpam0g libpcsclite1 libpng12-0
libreadline6 libruby1.9.1 libslang2 libsqlite3-0
libssl1.0.0 libtasn1-3 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtinfo5
libuuid-perl libuuid1 libxml2 libyaml-0-2 openjdk-6-jre-headless
openjdk-6-jre-lib openssl perl perl-base psmisc python2.7
python2.7-minimal ruby-json ruby-shadow ruby1.9.1 sed sgml-base
sysvinit-utils util-linux uuid-runtime virt-what xml-core
Suggested packages:
libarchive1 bootchart2 augeas-tools cups-common rng-tools gpm krb5-doc
krb5-user liblcms2-utils libpam-doc pcscd libnss-mdns sun-java6-fonts
fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho ttf-wqy-microhei
ttf-wqy-zenhei ttf-indic-fonts perl-doc libterm-readline-gnu-perl
libterm-readline-perl-perl make python2.7-doc binutils binfmt-support
ruby1.9.1-examples ri1.9.1 graphviz ruby1.9.1-dev ruby-switch
sgml-base-doc bootlogd sash util-linux-locales dosfstools debhelper
The following packages will be REMOVED:
acpid:i386 cpio:i386 dmidecode:i386 dmsetup:i386 e2fsprogs:i386 eject:i386
grub-common:i386 grub-pc:i386 grub-pc-bin:i386 grub2-common:i386 ifupdown:i386
initramfs-tools initscripts:i386 insserv:i386 kbd:i386
klibc-utils:i386 libapt-pkg-perl:i386 libaugeas-ruby1.9.1:i386
libaugeas0:i386 libdevmapper-event1.02.1:i386 libdevmapper1.02.1:i386
libklibc:i386 liblocale-gettext-perl:i386 libruby1.9.1:i386
libtext-charwidth-perl:i386 libtext-iconv-perl:i386 libuuid-perl:i386
linux-image-2.6-686:i386 linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae:i386
linux-image-3.2.0-5-amd64 linux-image-686-pae:i386 linux-image-amd64 lvm2:i386
nfs-common:i386 ntp:i386 openjdk-7-jre:i386 openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386
openssh-server:i386 openssl:i386 perl:i386 perl-base:i386 procps:i386
psmisc:i386 python2.7:i386 python2.7-minimal:i386 rpcbind:i386
rsyslog:i386 ruby-json:i386 ruby-shadow:i386 ruby1.9.1:i386 sed:i386
sysvinit:i386 sysvinit-utils:i386 udev:i386 util-linux:i386 virt-what:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
acpid cpio dmidecode icedtea-6-jre-cacao icedtea-6-jre-jamvm initscripts
insserv kbd klibc-utils libapt-pkg-perl libaugeas-ruby1.9.1 libaugeas0
libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libblkid1
libcomerr2 libcups2 libdb5.1 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libffi5 libfreetype6
libgcrypt11 libgdbm3 libgnutls26 libgpg-error0 libgpm2 libgssapi-krb5-2
libjpeg8 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libklibc libkmod2 libkrb5-3
libkrb5support0 liblcms2-2 liblocale-gettext-perl libncurses5 libncursesw5
libnspr4 libnss3 libp11-kit0 libpam-modules libpam0g libpcsclite1 libpng12-0
libreadline6 libruby1.9.1 libslang2 libsqlite3-0
libssl1.0.0 libtasn1-3 libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtinfo5
libuuid-perl libuuid1 libxml2 libyaml-0-2 openjdk-6-jre-headless
openjdk-6-jre-lib openssl perl perl-base psmisc python2.7
python2.7-minimal ruby-json ruby-shadow ruby1.9.1 sed sgml-base
sysvinit-utils util-linux uuid-runtime virt-what xml-core
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
e2fsprogs:i386 util-linux:i386 (due to e2fsprogs:i386) perl-base:i386
sed:i386 sysvinit:i386 initscripts:i386 (due to sysvinit:i386)
sysvinit-utils:i386 (due to sysvinit:i386)
0 upgraded, 78 newly installed, 56 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 69.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 174 MB disk space will be freed.
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To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
I agreed to that suggestion on a test machine yesterday, but it bricked my
install as crucial binaries from e2fsprogs & sysvinit were not available
anymore after a reboot.
How can I nicely fix these dependency issues? How can I tell apt-get/dpkg to
replace the i386 packages with their amd64 version?
The host contains the heira, puppet-common, puppet & facter packages from the
Puppet apt repo. Apart from that there are only default debian packages
installed.
FYI:
# dpkg --get-selections | grep :i386
e2fslibs:i386 install
gcc-4.7-base:i386 install
libacl1:i386 install
libapt-inst1.5:i386 install
libapt-pkg4.12:i386 install
libasound2:i386 install
libasprintf0c2:i386 install
libasyncns0:i386 install
libatk-wrapper-java-jni:i386 install
libatk1.0-0:i386 install
libattr1:i386 install
libavahi-client3:i386 install
libavahi-common-data:i386 install
libavahi-common3:i386 install
libblkid1:i386 install
libbsd0:i386 install
libbz2-1.0:i386 install
libc6:i386 install
libcairo2:i386 install
libcap2:i386 install
libcomerr2:i386 install
libcups2:i386 install
libcurl3:i386 install
libdatrie1:i386 install
libdb5.1:i386 install
libdbus-1-3:i386 install
libdevmapper-event1.02.1:i386 install
libdevmapper1.02.1:i386 install
libdrm-intel1:i386 install
libdrm-nouveau1a:i386 install
libdrm-radeon1:i386 install
libdrm2:i386 install
libedit2:i386 install
libevent-2.0-5:i386 install
libexpat1:i386 install
libffi5:i386 install
libflac8:i386 install
libfontconfig1:i386 install
libfreetype6:i386 install
libfuse2:i386 install
libgcc1:i386 install
libgcrypt11:i386 install
libgdbm3:i386 install
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 install
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 install
libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 install
libglapi-mesa:i386 install
libglib2.0-0:i386 install
libgnutls26:i386 install
libgpg-error0:i386 install
libgpm2:i386 install
libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 install
libgssglue1:i386 install
libgtk2.0-0:i386 install
libice6:i386 install
libidn11:i386 install
libjasper1:i386 install
libjbig0:i386 install
libjpeg8:i386 install
libjson0:i386 install
libk5crypto3:i386 install
libkeyutils1:i386 install
libkmod2:i386 install
libkrb5-3:i386 install
libkrb5support0:i386 install
liblcms2-2:i386 install
libldap-2.4-2:i386 install
liblzma5:i386 install
libmagic1:i386 install
libncurses5:i386 install
libncursesw5:i386 install
libnfsidmap2:i386 install
libnspr4:i386 install
libnss3:i386 install
libogg0:i386 install
libp11-kit0:i386 install
libpam-modules:i386 install
libpam0g:i386 install
libpango1.0-0:i386 install
libpcap0.8:i386 install
libpci3:i386 install
libpciaccess0:i386 install
libpcre3:i386 install
libpcsclite1:i386 install
libpipeline1:i386 install
libpixman-1-0:i386 install
libpng12-0:i386 install
libpopt0:i386 install
libprocps0:i386 install
libpulse0:i386 install
libreadline5:i386 install
libreadline6:i386 install
librtmp0:i386 install
libsasl2-2:i386 install
libselinux1:i386 install
libsemanage1:i386 install
libsepol1:i386 install
libsigc++-2.0-0c2a:i386 install
libslang2:i386 install
libsm6:i386 install
libsndfile1:i386 install
libsqlite3-0:i386 install
libss2:i386 install
libssh2-1:i386 install
libssl1.0.0:i386 install
libstdc++6:i386 install
libsystemd-login0:i386 install
libtasn1-3:i386 install
libthai0:i386 install
libtiff4:i386 install
libtinfo5:i386 install
libtirpc1:i386 install
libudev0:i386 install
libusb-0.1-4:i386 install
libusb-1.0-0:i386 install
libustr-1.0-1:i386 install
libuuid1:i386 install
libvorbis0a:i386 install
libvorbisenc2:i386 install
libwrap0:i386 install
libx11-6:i386 install
libx11-xcb1:i386 install
libxau6:i386 install
libxcb-glx0:i386 install
libxcb-render0:i386 install
libxcb-shm0:i386 install
libxcb1:i386 install
libxcomposite1:i386 install
libxcursor1:i386 install
libxdamage1:i386 install
libxdmcp6:i386 install
libxext6:i386 install
libxfixes3:i386 install
libxft2:i386 install
libxi6:i386 install
libxinerama1:i386 install
libxml2:i386 install
libxrandr2:i386 install
libxrender1:i386 install
libxtst6:i386 install
libxxf86vm1:i386 install
libyaml-0-2:i386 install
openjdk-7-jre:i386 install
openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386 install
zlib1g:i386 install
Thanks in advance,
Pieter
