ia32-libs error [Cant install on amd64]ia32-libs error [Cant install on amd64]

[ranger1021994]

I've been trying to install ia32-libs from Synaptic after upgrading to Precise
I get this :

(Reading database ... 301842 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsdl1.2debian:i386 (from .../libsdl1.2debian_1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): data: internal gzip read error: '<fd:4>: invalid code lengths set'
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsdl1.2debian_1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 short read on buffer copy for backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libSDL-1.2.so.0.11.3'
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl-image1.2:i386.
Unpacking libsdl-image1.2:i386 (from .../libsdl-image1.2_1.2.10-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl-mixer1.2:i386.
Unpacking libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 (from .../libsdl-mixer1.2_1.2.11-7_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl-net1.2:i386.
Unpacking libsdl-net1.2:i386 (from .../libsdl-net1.2_1.2.7-5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386.
Unpacking libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 (from .../libsdl-ttf2.0-0_2.0.9-1.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package ia32-libs-multiarch:i386.
Unpacking ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 (from .../ia32-libs-multiarch_20090808ubuntu36_i386.deb) ...

And on reinstalling ia32-libs:multiarch from Synaptic using Broken filter i get this :

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ia32-libs-multiarch:i386:
 ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 depends on libsdl1.2debian; however:
  Package libsdl1.2debian:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsdl-net1.2:i386:
 libsdl-net1.2:i386 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however:
  Package libsdl1.2debian:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libsdl-net1.2:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsdl-image1.2:i386:
 libsdl-image1.2:i386 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however:
  Package libsdl1.2debian:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libsdl-image1.2:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ia32-libs:
 ia32-libs depends on ia32-libs-multiarch; however:
  Package ia32-libs-multiarch is not installed.
  Package ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ia32-libs (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsdl-mixer1.2:i386:
 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however:
  Package libsdl1.2debian:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386:
 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 depends on libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.10-1); however:
  Package libsdl1.2debian:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ia32-libs-multiarch:i386
 libsdl-net1.2:i386
 libsdl-image1.2:i386
 ia32-libs
 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386
 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386

Any idea of Short Read problem on amd64 PC ?

[ranger1021994]

Bump

[Flash Kid]

I've had the same error as well trying to install Skype on my machine. The 32-bit version won't install because it doesn't overwrite a config file (which I even tried renaming to no avail) and the 64-bit version will not install because "Cannot install ia32-libs". When I force installed the ia32 libs, a whole lot of errors began occuring on my system. Part of me actually wonders if I should have just installed 32-bit Ubuntu on my 64-bit machine...

FK

[dekker]

I've had the same error as well trying to install Skype on my machine. The 32-bit version won't install because it doesn't overwrite a config file (which I even tried renaming to no avail) and the 64-bit version will not install because "Cannot install ia32-libs". When I force installed the ia32 libs, a whole lot of errors began occuring on my system. Part of me actually wonders if I should have just installed 32-bit Ubuntu on my 64-bit machine...

FK

+1 here too, gone back to v2.2

[james_xxx]

It would be great to find a solution to this problem.

Oddly, I upgraded a half-dozen 64-bit desktops to Precise, but this problem was only encountered on one of those machines.

[ranger1021994]

Miraculously solved...Maybe recent updates might have fixed it.

Thank you all for your interest

[baijea]

I had a similar problem with broken dependencies when trying to install wine and acroread, just after upgrading to 12.04 from 11.04 (passing over 11.10). It seems that some ppa's I had in 11.04 installed newer versions of applications in the system. After upgrading, the remains of these apps seemed to do some mess in the dependencies.

The solution that seems to work (until now), was found on a german ubuntu board (http://forum.ubuntuusers.de, posts from user Lasall):

First a downgrade is required and done with the following:
create the 'preferences' file:

sudo vi /etc/apt/preferences

and insert the following lines:

Package: *       
Pin: release a=precise*
Pin-Priority: 2012

Pin-Priority must be greater than 1000.

Then you may downgrade the programs with:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then you may install packages that complained about dependencies, like

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

, or

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Finally, you should remove the file you just created:

rm /etc/apt/preferences

because else no new updates would be found.

Hope this helps you too!

[cscj01]

I had a similar problem with broken dependencies when trying to install wine and acroread, just after upgrading to 12.04 from 11.04 (passing over 11.10). It seems that some ppa's I had in 11.04 installed newer versions of applications in the system. After upgrading, the remains of these apps seemed to do some mess in the dependencies.

The solution that seems to work (until now), was found on a german ubuntu board (http://forum.ubuntuusers.de, posts from user Lasall):

First a downgrade is required and done with the following:
create the 'preferences' file:

sudo vi /etc/apt/preferences

and insert the following lines:

Package: *       
Pin: release a=precise*
Pin-Priority: 2012

Pin-Priority must be greater than 1000.

Then you may downgrade the programs with:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Then you may install packages that complained about dependencies, like

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

, or

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Finally, you should remove the file you just created:

rm /etc/apt/preferences

because else no new updates would be found.

Hope this helps you too!

This solved a problem for me as well about installing prereqs for Wine. However, I'm not sure how you came about the file entries that were needed and why the file needed to be in /etc/apt. I know you reference the German board, but I couldn't get enough out of that to understand why it worked. Do you know why that particular file is what we needed? In particular, why did the file entries allow everything to be downgraded to the current level in Main? I'd really like to understand this, because it is very useful for those of us who use PPA's. I had tried to purge all my PPA's as a solution, but that did not work for me.

[baijea]

Hi,

as far as I know, /etc/apt/preferences is used for pinning; see PinningHowto and also, sorry, German Wiki translated: wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Apt-Pinning. This page is based on

man apt_preferences

The man page states that

P (priority) > 1000 causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the package

this is what was desired here.

Glad it could help

[cscj01]

Hi,

as far as I know, /etc/apt/preferences is used for pinning; see PinningHowto and also, sorry, German Wiki translated: wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Apt-Pinning. This page is based on

man apt_preferences

The man page states that

this is what was desired here.

Glad it could help

Thanks for the references. I now understand the file entries. The rest makes sense in light of that.