problems installing programs

[Michael Welle]

Hi,

"Lodovico Pizzati" <lodovico at pizzati.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I recently installed the latest ubuntu version and made all the updates. I was able to install google chrome, but when I tried installing Skype of Flash I got a "wrong architecture error i386" message. I tried various versions.
>
> I have a packard bell netbook with the required memory space for both programs.
might be that you are trying to install an application that is compiled for a
32 bit platform on an system that is 64 bit or vice versa?

Regards
hmw

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