Installing libsdl1.2-dev:i386 package removes packages that OS requires to boot and run

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Attempting to install 'libsdl1.2-dev:i386' results in removal of fundamental packages. Package installed correctly on Ubuntu 22.04.

terminal output when attempting to install 'libsdl1.2-dev:i386':

xxx@xxx:~$ sudo apt install libsdl1.2-dev:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apport-symptoms cloud-guest-utils dns-root-data dnsmasq-base eatmydata fdisk
  gdisk gir1.2-handy-1 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.1 gir1.2-notify-0.7
  gir1.2-secret-1 gir1.2-snapd-2 gir1.2-webkit2-4.1 gir1.2-wnck-3.0
  gnome-software-common ldap-utils libbasicobjects0t64 libcares2
  libcollection4t64 libdhash1t64 libeatmydata1 libflatpak0 libglu1-mesa
  libhpmud0 libimagequant0 libini-config5t64 libipa-hbac0t64 libndp0
  libnetplan1 libnfsidmap1 libnma0 libnss-sss libopengl0 libpath-utils1t64
  libpkcs11-helper1t64 libraqm0 libref-array1t64 libsane-hpaio libsss-certmap0
  libsss-idmap0 libsss-nss-idmap0 libteamdctl0 libwnck-3-0 libwnck-3-common
  libxatracker2 libxcb-damage0 libxnvctrl0 libxres1 libxss1 libxvmc1
  mobile-broadband-provider-info netplan-generator openvpn pkg-config pkgconf
  ppp pptp-linux printer-driver-hpcups printer-driver-postscript-hp
  python-babel-localedata python3-attr python3-babel python3-blinker
  python3-certifi python3-click python3-colorama python3-configobj
  python3-debconf python3-distro-info python3-importlib-metadata
  python3-json-pointer python3-jsonpatch python3-jwt python3-louis
  python3-olefile python3-pexpect python3-ptyprocess python3-serial
  python3-speechd python3-typing-extensions python3-tz python3-urllib3
  python3-xdg ubuntu-advantage-desktop-daemon x11-apps x11-session-utils
  xbitmaps xbrlapi xinit xinput xserver-xorg-input-all
  xserver-xorg-input-libinput xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all
  xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-qxl
  xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gcc-14-base:i386 gir1.2-glib-2.0:i386 gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386 libapparmor1:i386
  libasound2-dev:i386 libasound2t64:i386 libasyncns0:i386
  libatk-bridge2.0-0t64:i386 libatk1.0-0t64:i386 libatomic1:i386
  libatspi2.0-0t64:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386
  libavahi-common3:i386 libblkid-dev:i386 libblkid1:i386 libbrotli1:i386
  libbsd0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libc6-dev:i386
  libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcap2:i386 libcolord2:i386
  libcom-err2:i386 libcrypt-dev:i386 libcrypt1:i386 libcups2t64:i386
  libdatrie1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-1-dev:i386 libdecor-0-0:i386
  libdecor-0-dev:i386 libdecor-0-plugin-1-gtk:i386 libdeflate0:i386
  libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-dev:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386
  libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libedit2:i386 libegl-dev:i386
  libegl-mesa0:i386 libegl1:i386 libelf1t64:i386 libepoxy0:i386 libept1.6.0t64
  libexpat1:i386 libffi-dev:i386 libffi8:i386 libflac12t64:i386
  libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libfribidi0:i386 libgbm-dev:i386
  libgbm1:i386 libgcc-s1:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0:i386
  libgirepository-2.0-0:i386 libgl-dev:i386 libgl1:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386
  libglapi-mesa:i386 libgles-dev:i386 libgles1:i386 libgles2:i386
  libglib2.0-0t64:i386 libglib2.0-dev:i386 libglib2.0-dev-bin
  libglu1-mesa:i386 libglu1-mesa-dev:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libglx-dev:i386
  libglx-mesa0:i386 libglx0:i386 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls30t64:i386
  libgpg-error0:i386 libgraphite2-3:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
  libgtk-3-0t64:i386 libharfbuzz0b:i386 libhogweed6t64:i386 libibus-1.0-5:i386
  libibus-1.0-dev:i386 libice-dev:i386 libice6:i386 libicu74:i386
  libidn2-0:i386 libjbig0:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386
  libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386
  liblcms2-2:i386 libllvm17t64:i386 liblz4-1:i386 liblzma5:i386 libmd0:i386
  libmount-dev:i386 libmount1:i386 libmp3lame0:i386 libmpg123-0t64:i386
  libnettle8t64:i386 libogg0:i386 libopengl-dev:i386 libopengl0:i386
  libopus0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpango-1.0-0:i386 libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386
  libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 libpciaccess-dev:i386 libpciaccess0:i386
  libpcre2-16-0:i386 libpcre2-32-0:i386 libpcre2-8-0:i386 libpcre2-dev:i386
  libpcre2-posix3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng16-16t64:i386
  libpthread-stubs0-dev:i386 libpulse-dev:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386
  libpulse0:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 libsamplerate0:i386
  libsamplerate0-dev:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libsdl2-2.0-0:i386
  libsdl2-dev:i386 libselinux1:i386 libselinux1-dev:i386 libsensors5:i386
  libsepol-dev:i386 libsepol2:i386 libsharpyuv0:i386 libsm-dev:i386
  libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386 libsndio-dev:i386 libsndio7.0:i386
  libssl3t64:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libsystemd0:i386 libtasn1-6:i386
  libthai0:i386 libtiff6:i386 libtinfo6:i386 libudev-dev:i386 libudev1:i386
  libunistring5:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisenc2:i386
  libvulkan1:i386 libwayland-bin libwayland-client0:i386
  libwayland-cursor0:i386 libwayland-dev:i386 libwayland-egl1:i386
  libwayland-server0:i386 libwebp7:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-dev:i386
  libx11-xcb1:i386 libxapian30 libxau-dev:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386
  libxcb-dri3-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-randr0:i386
  libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386 libxcb-xfixes0:i386
  libxcb1:i386 libxcb1-dev:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor-dev:i386
  libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp-dev:i386 libxdmcp6:i386
  libxext-dev:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes-dev:i386 libxfixes3:i386
  libxi-dev:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama-dev:i386 libxinerama1:i386
  libxkbcommon-dev:i386 libxkbcommon0:i386 libxml2:i386 libxrandr-dev:i386
  libxrandr2:i386 libxrender-dev:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxshmfence1:i386
  libxss-dev:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt-dev:i386 libxt6t64:i386 libxv-dev:i386
  libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm-dev:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 libzstd1:i386
  linux-libc-dev:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 pkgconf:i386
  python3-importlib-metadata python3-importlib-resources
  python3-more-itertools python3-packaging python3-zipp qemu-user synaptic
  uuid-dev:i386 x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev zlib1g:i386
  zlib1g-dev:i386
Suggested packages:
  libasound2-doc:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386
  libnss-nis:i386 libnss-nisplus:i386 rng-tools:i386 low-memory-monitor:i386
  gir1.2-glib-2.0-dev:i386 libglib2.0-doc:i386 libxml2-utils gnutls-bin:i386
  krb5-doc:i386 krb5-user:i386 gvfs:i386 libice-doc:i386 cryptsetup-bin:i386
  opus-tools:i386 pulseaudio:i386 librsvg2-bin:i386 lm-sensors:i386
  libsm-doc:i386 sndiod:i386 libwayland-doc:i386 libx11-doc:i386 xapian-tools
  libxcb-doc:i386 libxext-doc:i386 libxt-doc:i386 dwww deborphan
  apt-xapian-index tasksel software-properties-gtk
Recommended packages:
  libgl1-amber-dri:i386 qemu-user-binfmt
The following packages will be REMOVED
  apport apport-core-dump-handler apport-gtk cloud-init command-not-found
  foomatic-db-compressed-ppds gnome-software gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
  gnome-software-plugin-snap hexchat-python3 hplip hplip-data ibus-table
  ibus-table-cangjie-big ibus-table-cangjie3 ibus-table-cangjie5 memtest86+
  mesa-vulkan-drivers netplan.io network-manager
  network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu network-manager-gnome
  network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp
  network-manager-pptp-gnome nvidia-settings orca os-prober python3-apport
  python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-cffi-backend python3-chardet
  python3-commandnotfound python3-cryptography python3-cups
  python3-cupshelpers python3-dateutil python3-debian python3-distupgrade
  python3-gdbm python3-httplib2 python3-idna python3-jinja2 python3-jsonschema
  python3-launchpadlib python3-lazr.restfulclient python3-lazr.uri
  python3-markdown-it python3-markupsafe python3-mdurl python3-netifaces
  python3-netplan python3-oauthlib python3-pil python3-problem-report
  python3-pygments python3-pyparsing python3-pyrsistent python3-requests
  python3-rich python3-six python3-software-properties python3-sss
  python3-systemd python3-update-manager python3-wadllib python3-xkit
  screen-resolution-extra software-properties-common software-properties-gtk
  sssd sssd-ad sssd-ad-common sssd-common sssd-ipa sssd-krb5 sssd-krb5-common
  sssd-ldap sssd-proxy system-config-printer-common system-config-printer-udev
  ubuntu-desktop-minimal ubuntu-drivers-common ubuntu-minimal
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk ufw
  unattended-upgrades update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier
  update-notifier-common xorg xserver-xorg
The following NEW packages will be installed
  gcc-14-base:i386 gir1.2-glib-2.0:i386 gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386 libapparmor1:i386
  libasound2-dev:i386 libasound2t64:i386 libasyncns0:i386
  libatk-bridge2.0-0t64:i386 libatk1.0-0t64:i386 libatomic1:i386
  libatspi2.0-0t64:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common-data:i386
  libavahi-common3:i386 libblkid-dev:i386 libblkid1:i386 libbrotli1:i386
  libbsd0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libc6:i386 libc6-dev:i386
  libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcap2:i386 libcolord2:i386
  libcom-err2:i386 libcrypt-dev:i386 libcrypt1:i386 libcups2t64:i386
  libdatrie1:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-1-dev:i386 libdecor-0-0:i386
  libdecor-0-dev:i386 libdecor-0-plugin-1-gtk:i386 libdeflate0:i386
  libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-dev:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386
  libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libedit2:i386 libegl-dev:i386
  libegl-mesa0:i386 libegl1:i386 libelf1t64:i386 libepoxy0:i386 libept1.6.0t64
  libexpat1:i386 libffi-dev:i386 libffi8:i386 libflac12t64:i386
  libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libfribidi0:i386 libgbm-dev:i386
  libgbm1:i386 libgcc-s1:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0:i386
  libgirepository-2.0-0:i386 libgl-dev:i386 libgl1:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386
  libglapi-mesa:i386 libgles-dev:i386 libgles1:i386 libgles2:i386
  libglib2.0-0t64:i386 libglib2.0-dev:i386 libglib2.0-dev-bin
  libglu1-mesa:i386 libglu1-mesa-dev:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libglx-dev:i386
  libglx-mesa0:i386 libglx0:i386 libgmp10:i386 libgnutls30t64:i386
  libgpg-error0:i386 libgraphite2-3:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386
  libgtk-3-0t64:i386 libharfbuzz0b:i386 libhogweed6t64:i386 libibus-1.0-5:i386
  libibus-1.0-dev:i386 libice-dev:i386 libice6:i386 libicu74:i386
  libidn2-0:i386 libjbig0:i386 libjpeg-turbo8:i386 libjpeg8:i386
  libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386
  liblcms2-2:i386 libllvm17t64:i386 liblz4-1:i386 liblzma5:i386 libmd0:i386
  libmount-dev:i386 libmount1:i386 libmp3lame0:i386 libmpg123-0t64:i386
  libnettle8t64:i386 libogg0:i386 libopengl-dev:i386 libopengl0:i386
  libopus0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpango-1.0-0:i386 libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386
  libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 libpciaccess-dev:i386 libpciaccess0:i386
  libpcre2-16-0:i386 libpcre2-32-0:i386 libpcre2-8-0:i386 libpcre2-dev:i386
  libpcre2-posix3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng16-16t64:i386
  libpthread-stubs0-dev:i386 libpulse-dev:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386
  libpulse0:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 libsamplerate0:i386
  libsamplerate0-dev:i386 libsdl1.2-dev:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386
  libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 libsdl2-dev:i386 libselinux1:i386 libselinux1-dev:i386
  libsensors5:i386 libsepol-dev:i386 libsepol2:i386 libsharpyuv0:i386
  libsm-dev:i386 libsm6:i386 libsndfile1:i386 libsndio-dev:i386
  libsndio7.0:i386 libssl3t64:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libsystemd0:i386
  libtasn1-6:i386 libthai0:i386 libtiff6:i386 libtinfo6:i386 libudev-dev:i386
  libudev1:i386 libunistring5:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
  libvorbisenc2:i386 libvulkan1:i386 libwayland-bin libwayland-client0:i386
  libwayland-cursor0:i386 libwayland-dev:i386 libwayland-egl1:i386
  libwayland-server0:i386 libwebp7:i386 libx11-6:i386 libx11-dev:i386
  libx11-xcb1:i386 libxapian30 libxau-dev:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb-dri2-0:i386
  libxcb-dri3-0:i386 libxcb-glx0:i386 libxcb-present0:i386 libxcb-randr0:i386
  libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcb-sync1:i386 libxcb-xfixes0:i386
  libxcb1:i386 libxcb1-dev:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor-dev:i386
  libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp-dev:i386 libxdmcp6:i386
  libxext-dev:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes-dev:i386 libxfixes3:i386
  libxi-dev:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama-dev:i386 libxinerama1:i386
  libxkbcommon-dev:i386 libxkbcommon0:i386 libxml2:i386 libxrandr-dev:i386
  libxrandr2:i386 libxrender-dev:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxshmfence1:i386
  libxss-dev:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt-dev:i386 libxt6t64:i386 libxv-dev:i386
  libxv1:i386 libxxf86vm-dev:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 libzstd1:i386
  linux-libc-dev:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 pkgconf:i386
  python3-importlib-metadata python3-importlib-resources
  python3-more-itertools python3-packaging python3-zipp qemu-user synaptic
  uuid-dev:i386 x11proto-dev xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev zlib1g:i386
  zlib1g-dev:i386
0 to upgrade, 234 to newly install, 96 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
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After this operation, 356 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: libsdl1.2-dev:i386 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-49.49-generic 6.8.12
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-49-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 27 10:28:05 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-11-26 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240827.1)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: sdl12-compat
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)