libc6-i386 cannot be installed due to dependencies on 22.04.3

[lgrn]

With updated repositories (archive.ubuntu.com), I run:

$ sudo apt install libc6-i386

This fails with:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.35-0ubuntu3) but 2.35-0ubuntu3.5 is to be installed

When I look at https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/libc6-i386 it states that '2.35-0ubuntu3.5' of libc6 is a dependency, but this doesn't seem to be what apt believes to be true.

The dependency listed by the website is already installed:

$ apt list --installed | grep libc6
(...)
libc6/now 2.35-0ubuntu3.5 amd64 [installed,local]

Is the package misconfigured somehow, or how can I install 'libc6-i386'?

[Simon Chopin (schopin)]

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to report this.

Without more information, it seems like apt doesn't select the correct candidate for libc6-i386.

Could you share the output of `apt-cache policy` and `apt-cache policy libc6-i386`?

[lgrn (lgrn)]

Hi,

After "apt update" today, the following command worked, so the issue is resolved:

$ sudo apt install libc6-i386

For reference, policy for the package after successful upgrade:

$ apt-cache policy libc6-i386
libc6-i386:
  Installed: 2.35-0ubuntu3.5
  Candidate: 2.35-0ubuntu3.5
  Version table:
 *** 2.35-0ubuntu3.5 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.35-0ubuntu3 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages

"apt-cache policy" lists all my repos, they all have priority 500 except "100 /var/lib/dpkg/status".

Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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