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[Clay Weber]

On Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:26:18 PM Bill Vance wrote:
> Howdy;
> 
> Since I upgraded to a 64 bit system, I've noted stuff for
> both 64 bit, and amd64, and on some sites they are treated
> as if they are identical, and indeed, they seem to compile
> and work ok.  Then there are things like gdebi that say
> that amd64 is the wrong architecture, and exit.
> 
> Anybody know what the story is here?
> 
> Bill

We might need a more specific example of what you are seeing, but yes 
amd64=x86_64=64 bit. Perhaps gdebi is being wonky, or the particular package 
being installed is. if it is complaining that amd64 is the wrong arch, then it 
thinks you have a non-64 bit system for some reason. 
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Clay Weber