Eagle not available in 11.10 amd64 but i386 package works

[Dave Lawrence]

On 25/10/11 01:35, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 05:17:14PM +0100, Dave Lawrence wrote:
[...]
>> I ran
>> sudo apt-get install eagle-data
>> Then downloaded the i386 version of the eagle package and ran
>> sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture eagle_5.11.0-3ubuntu1_i386.deb
> 
> 'sudo apt-get install eagle:i386' should also have worked and is more
> straightforward.  I believe that's what you're supposed to do now for
> this package, given this changelog entry:
> 
>   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eagle/5.11.0-3ubuntu1
> 
Thanks, that's useful to know.  Plus this method is more secure as
apt-get verifies the sig of th download.

[...]
>> Is there a case for the package manager offering a 32-bit version of a
>> package in the case where the 64-bit version is not available?  This
>> might be a general feature or something that's just enabled on a
>> package-by-package basis, depending on whether the compatibility is
>> universal or not.
> 
> It's supposed to do that already.  Did it not in this case?  Which
> package management application were you using?
> 

The Ubuntu Software Center offers "Eagle", but clicking on install
silently fails.
"apt-cache search eagle" reveals eagle-data but not eagle.
"aptitude search eagle" does show eagle but I think that's because I've
now got it installed.