[Bug 890928] [NEW] When trying to install libxkbfile1:i386 the pkg manager asks to remove too many important packages

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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-control-center gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-settings-daemon
  indicator-datetime indicator-power indicator-session libgnomekbd7
  liblightdm-gobject-1-0 libxkbfile1 libxklavier16 nvidia-current
  ubuntu-desktop ubuntuone-client-gnome unity-greeter x11-apps x11-xkb-utils
  xorg xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse
  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
  xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-ati
  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-intel
  xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  xserver-xorg-video-qxl xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident
  xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
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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** Affects: libxkbfile (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: multiarch patch
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When trying to install libxkbfile1:i386 the pkg manager asks to remove too many important packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890928
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