Aptitude do not solve ia32-libs applications problem

[Saulo Soares de Toledo]

I have some 32 bit libraries in my 64 bit system.
When I do aptitude (safe/dist-)upgrade aptitude do not solve packages problem and suggests remove al my 32bit files.

But I need this libraries, my flash, plugin, for example, only works correctily and playing sounds with 32 bit version. The 64 bit package version don't works correctily. I can't use aptitude anymore because I always have to remove the files, rendering aptitude unusable for me now.

I think there are some problem or at aptitude or at each 32 bit package dependencies and conflicts configuration. I know I can use apt-get, but aptitude can't be just unusable if I have 32 bit libs version.

An example for aptitude problem here:
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As seguintes ações resolverão estas dependências:

       Remover os pacotes a seguir:
1) ia32-libs-multiarch
2) libacl1
3) libattr1
4) libaudio2
5) libavahi-client3
6) libavahi-common3
7) libc6
8) libcomerr2
9) libcups2
10) libcupsimage2
11) libcurl3
12) libdb5.1
13) libdbus-1-3
14) libdrm-intel1
15) libdrm-nouveau1a
16) libdrm-radeon1
17) libdrm2
18) libexpat1
19) libffi6
20) libfontconfig1
21) libfreetype6
22) libgcc1
23) libgcrypt11
24) libgdbm3
25) libgl1-mesa-dri
26) libgl1-mesa-glx
27) libglapi-mesa
28) libglib2.0-0
29) libgnutls26
30) libgpg-error0
31) libgssapi-krb5-2
32) libice6
33) libidn11
34) libjpeg62
35) libk5crypto3
36) libkeyutils1
37) libkrb5-3
38) libkrb5support0
39) liblcms1
40) libldap-2.4-2
41) libllvm2.9
42) libmng1
43) libnspr4
44) libnss3
45) libpciaccess0
46) libpcre3
47) libpng12-0
48) libqt4-dbus
49) libqt4-declarative
50) libqt4-designer
51) libqt4-network
52) libqt4-opengl
53) libqt4-qt3support
54) libqt4-script
55) libqt4-scripttools
56) libqt4-sql
57) libqt4-svg
58) libqt4-test
59) libqt4-xml
60) libqt4-xmlpatterns
61) libqtcore4
62) libqtgui4
63) librtmp0
64) libsasl2-2
65) libsasl2-modules
66) libselinux1
67) libsm6
68) libsqlite3-0
69) libssl1.0.0
70) libstdc++6
71) libtasn1-3
72) libtiff4
73) libuuid1
74) libwebkit-dev
75) libx11-6
76) libxau6
77) libxcb1
78) libxdamage1
79) libxdmcp6
80) libxext6
81) libxfixes3
82) libxi6
83) libxrender1
84) libxss1
85) libxt6
86) libxxf86vm1
87) zlib1g

       Manter os pacotes a seguir em suas versões atuais:
88) gir1.2-gtk-3.0 [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
89) gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-1.0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
90) gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
91) gir1.2-webkit-1.0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
92) gir1.2-webkit-3.0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
93) gtk-3-examples [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
94) libgail-3-0 [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
95) libgail-3-0-dbg [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
96) libgail-3-dev [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
97) libgtk-3-0 [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
98) libgtk-3-0-dbg [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
99) libgtk-3-bin [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
100) libgtk-3-dev [3.2.0-0ubuntu3 (now, oneiric-updates)]
101) libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
102) libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-dev [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
103) libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
104) libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-dev [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
105) libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
106) libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
107) libwebkitgtk-3.0-dev [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]
108) libwebkitgtk-dev [1.6.1-5~oneiric1 (now, oneiric)]

       Manter as seguintes dependências não resolvidas:
109) ia32-libs recomenda ia32-libs-multiarch
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: aptitude 0.6.4-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-2.2~oneiric1-generic 3.1.0
Uname: Linux 3.1.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 19 19:36:59 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pt_BR:pt:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: aptitude
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-30 (80 days ago)

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 831768, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.