Public bug reported: flashplugin-installer fails to install on a raring system in multi-arch mode.
To reproduce, start from an x86_64 system and try to install the i386 version of flashplugin-installer: $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: flashplugin-installer:i386 : Depends: update-notifier-common:i386 (>= 0.119ubuntu2) but it is not installable Recommends: libasound2-plugins:i386 (>= 1.0.16) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** Affects: flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to flashplugin-nonfree in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1179933 Title: fails to install on a multi-arch on a raring system Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: flashplugin-installer fails to install on a raring system in multi- arch mode. To reproduce, start from an x86_64 system and try to install the i386 version of flashplugin-installer: $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: flashplugin-installer:i386 : Depends: update-notifier-common:i386 (>= 0.119ubuntu2) but it is not installable Recommends: libasound2-plugins:i386 (>= 1.0.16) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/1179933/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp