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Clay Weber
clay at claydoh.com
Thu Jun 11 22:49:21 UTC 2015
On Thursday, June 11, 2015 06:45:55 PM Charles T. Bell wrote:
> On 06/11/2015 06:29 PM, Bill Vance wrote:
> > The version is 12.04.5, with 64 bit quad processors.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, R.P. Charbonneau wrote:
> >> Which version of Kubuntu are you running Bill? I installed gdebi
> >> to see if the issue persisted in my install and it seems I can
> >> run it without issue.
> >>
> >> On June 11, 2015 02:14:44 PM Bill Vance wrote:
> >> > Thanks Clay, That explains a lot.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Bill
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, Clay Weber wrote:
> >> > > 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.
>
> gedebi is in the repos, why download it unless you want a more current
> version than is in the repos?
> apt-cache search gdebi
> gdebi-core - simple tool to install deb files
> gdebi - simple tool to install deb files - GNOME GUI
> gdebi-kde - simple tool to install deb files - KDE GUI
>
>
> Tom
I am gathering that he is using gdebi to install a downloaded (and likely a
third-party) deb file, and he is getting the error there.
--
Clay Weber
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