cant install ia32-libs

[SnailTime]

Apparently this worked to fix the "not" error with a lot of people but for me it just says:

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:
ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I am using ubuntu 12.10

[posties]

cuda put the dash in the wrong place. it's ia32-libs. try again

[SnailTime]

E: Unable to locate package ia32-libs
practically identical error

[posties]

open your sources list

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following to the bottom

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ quantal main universe

save it and close it, then try

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

[Cuda]

goPOSTALman eredeti hozzászólása:

open your sources list

/etc/apt/sources.list

add the following to the bottom

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ quantal main universe

save it and close it, then try

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

You will need to run

sudo apt-get update
before the last command, though.

[SnailTime]

my sources list is read-only

[posties]

sudo wudo my nukka.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

always sudo before installing/updating/editing files or packages

and yes you need to apt-get update to update your lists before installing the multiarch package.

[SnailTime]

E: Unable to locate package ia32-libs-multiarch

[posties]

let me recap since i made it too confusing

open your sources list

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following to the bottom

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ quantal main universe

save it and close it then:

sudo apt-get update

then

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

[SnailTime]

i did, that was my end result

[posties]

i don't get it.. the package is there.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/ia32-libs-multiarch

just try downloading it
http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ia32-libs/ia32-libs-multiarch_20090808ubuntu36_i386.deb

you can run the .deb file from the location you downloaded it to, via file manager (just click the icon)

[SnailTime]

wait what the hell do I do with the .deb file? Just opening it doesnt work

[posties]

lol....
ok where did it save the .deb file?

[SnailTime]

downloads in my home folder

[posties]

ok so go to terminal and type cd /downloads
should put you in ~/downloads$

then type sudo dpkg -i ia32-libs-multiarch_20090808ubuntu36_i386.deb
and i almost forgot: then type
sudo apt-get -f install

[SnailTime]

bash: cd: /downloads: No such file or directory