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New features in ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)

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http://www.ubuntugeek.com – {lang: 'en-GB'} This is the list of new features in ubuntu 11.10 Improved handling of 32-bit compatibility on amd64 systems Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 enables “multiarch” support for installing 32-bit library and application packages on 64-bit systems. For all amd64 installs and upgrades, select 32-bit software, including skype and flash, will be installable directly using the same 32-bit packages that are used on i386 installations, without the need to install the ia32-libs compatibility package. For users this means 32-bit libraries will always be available at the s (HowTos)

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Submitted by xskl on 09/02/2011

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I did reinstall using todays daily build raring-desktop-amd64-20121108.iso and am trying to install ia32-libs-multiarch:i386. Using Ubuntu Software Center I am getting the following errors.

Code: Package dependencies cannot be resolved

This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable.

I'm trying to install Skype in 12.04LTS.

It fails to install from the Software Center, complains about skype-bin being a virtual package.

skype-bin fails to install from apt-get, requires ia32-libs.

Several online sources pointed to the installation of ia32-libs-multiarch. Fair enough.

Tried to install ia32-libs-multiarch from apt-get.

I'm trying to install skype in 12.04LTS.

It fails to install from the software center, complains about skype-bin being a virtual package.

skype-bin fails to install from apt-get, requires ia32-libs. Several online sources pointed to the instalation of ia32-libs-multiarch. Fair enough.

Tried to install ia32-libs-multiarch from apt-get.

Hello~I am returning to crunchbang linux after a while, and while I had some issues in the past with skype and #!, this is getting worse over time.With a fresh install, I added ia32-libs and the required packages.

I cannot install ia32 libs no matter how hard I try. Here is the error I get:

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed.

Googled for a while but drawn a blank.

Need to build 32-bit app on 64-bit Ubuntu.

Realise that I need to install ia32-libs.

Yes, I am fooling around trying to install "Second Life" on a new test server with a Fedora 12 64 bit system.

Trying to launch Second Life gives the following error message:

You are running the Second Life Viewer on a x86_64 platform. The most common problems when launching the Viewer (particularly

Canonical has released the first beta of the next version of Ubuntu, the Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot”.

Ubuntu 12.04, couple days old. Multiarch is installed. Checked in Synaptics and Software Center.. reinstalled a couple times, from both places.