Comment 33 for bug 1016294

Jeremy: Sorry about this, you're absolutely right. I only tested the live session and didn't think of the installer. I ran a quick installation of Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. In live mode dpkg is only configured for amd64 but post-installation it also handles i386 and ia32-libs is installable out of the box. This used to be done in dpkg though.. if it's now handled by Ubiquity, is it also handled when Ubuntu users upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10?

I'll facepalm on blog.linuxmint.com now and make it clear this particular issue is specific to Mint (ia32-libs not installable out of the box). Thanks and sorry about the confusion :)