When trying to install libxkbfile1:i386 the pkg manager asks to remove too many important packages [Multi-arch]
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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libxkbfile (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Some third party applications require the use of i386 libxkbfile in their amd64 environment, for example, Lotus Notes.
[Test Case]
Install i386 version on a amd64 system and attempt to link to library.
[Regression Potential]
Minimal as only changes to build procedure are addressed.
On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) AMD64 version, when I try to install the i386 version of the libxkbfile1 the package manager asks to remove too many important packages, as show below:
$ sudo apt-get install libxkbfile1:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gnome-
indicator-
liblightdm-
ubuntu-desktop ubuntuone-
xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
xserver-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libxkbfile1:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 49 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 67.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 196 MB disk space will be freed.
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tags: | added: multiarch |
summary: |
When trying to install libxkbfile1:i386 the pkg manager asks to remove - too many important packages + too many important packages [Multi-arch] |
description: | updated |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.