better multiarch support for google-talkplugin:i386

[Fernando Miguel]

$ sudo dpkg -i google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb
Selecting previously unselected package google-talkplugin:i386.
(Reading database ... 202221 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking google-talkplugin:i386 (from google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-talkplugin:i386:
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.11); however:
  Package libc6:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0); however:
  Package libcairo2:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0); however:
  Package libfontconfig1:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.9); however:
  Package libfreetype6:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1); however:
  Package libgcc1:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0); however:
  Package libglib2.0-0:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0); however:
  Package libgtk2.0-0:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4); however:
  Package libpng12-0:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0); however:
  Package libstdc++6:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libx11-6 (>= 0); however:
  Package libx11-6:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1); however:
  Package libxcomposite1:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1); however:
  Package libxfixes3:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0); however:
  Package libxrandr2:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libxrender1; however:
  Package libxrender1:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libxt6; however:
  Package libxt6:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libasound2 | libpulse0; however:
  Package libasound2:i386 is not installed.
  Package libpulse0:i386 is not installed.
 google-talkplugin:i386 depends on libv4l-0; however:
  Package libv4l-0:i386 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing google-talkplugin:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 google-talkplugin:i386

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libc6:i386 (not installed)
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-999-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 20 20:02:46 2011
SourcePackage: eglibc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This is not a bug. When you use dpkg to install a package, it does not pull in the package dependencies; you need to manually install them, or run 'apt-get -f install' after calling dpkg, or use a higher-level tool (such as Software Center) for installing the package.

Furthermore, the 32-bit gtalk plugin package will not integrate with a 64-bit desktop anyway because it provides a 32-bit plugin and a 64-bit plugin (or integration with nspluginwrapper) is needed to make the package usable with a 64-bit browser. That's not a bug in Ubuntu, it's a limitation of the package in question. You need to install the amd64 gtalk plugin package instead.

[Fernando Miguel (fernandomiguel)]

the 64bits package pulls ia32-libs which is no longer supported :(

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 09:58:33PM -0000, Fernando Miguel wrote:
> the 64bits package pulls ia32-libs which is no longer supported :(

The package will continue to exist in precise, but is being restructured as
is currently not installable. You can still install ia32-libs in 11.10.

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