2.060 deb package on Linux Mint 13

[Jason Spencer]

On Sunday, 23 September 2012 at 14:16:45 UTC, Jordi Sayol wrote:

> to install dmd2 on LinuxMint:
> $ sudo gdebi dmd_2.060-0_amd64.deb
>

Even gdebi's not happy.  I removed dmd:i386 and started fresh.
Here's a transcript:

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jason ~/Downloads $ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no
longer required:
    g++-4.6 libstdc++6-4.6-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 61 not upgraded.

{ I judged these to be harmless to the state of things, so left
them there.}

jason ~/Downloads $ sudo gdebi dmd_2.060-0_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Building data structures... Done
This package is uninstallable
Cannot install 'gcc:i386'

jason ~/Downloads $ apt-cache showpkg gcc:i386
Package: gcc:i386
Versions:
4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
(/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages)
   Description Language:
                   File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-amd64_Packages
                    MD5: c7efd71c7c651a9ac8b2adf36b137790
   Description Language: en
                   File:
/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_i18n_Translation-en
                    MD5: c7efd71c7c651a9ac8b2adf36b137790


Reverse Depends:
    dmd:i386,gcc:i386
    varnish:i386,gcc:i386 3.3
    build-essential:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.4.3
    mythbuntu-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
    lmbench:i386,gcc:i386
    xubuntu-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
    varnish:i386,gcc:i386 3.3
    ubuntustudio-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
    simgrid:i386,gcc:i386
    sfront:i386,gcc:i386
    prayer-templates-dev:i386,gcc:i386
    pmk:i386,gcc:i386
    pari-gp2c:i386,gcc:i386
    octave3.2-headers:i386,gcc:i386
    nypatchy:i386,gcc:i386
    nana:i386,gcc:i386
    mlton-compiler:i386,gcc:i386
    lsb-build-cc3:i386,gcc:i386
    lisaac:i386,gcc:i386 4.1
    libdmalloc5:i386,gcc:i386
    ksplice:i386,gcc:i386
    intercal:i386,gcc:i386
    ikiwiki-hosting-web:i386,gcc:i386
    ichthux-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
    goo:i386,gcc:i386
    gobjc++:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    gnome-speech-swift:i386,gcc:i386
    gnome-speech-dectalk:i386,gcc:i386
    ghc:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.2
    gcl:i386,gcc:i386
    gccgo:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    gap-dev:i386,gcc:i386
    frama-c-base:i386,gcc:i386
    flex-old:i386,gcc:i386
    faucc:i386,gcc:i386
    f2c:i386,gcc:i386
    ecl:i386,gcc:i386
    cython-dbg:i386,gcc:i386
    cython:i386,gcc:i386
    cxref:i386,gcc:i386
    cwebx:i386,gcc:i386
    cpushare:i386,gcc:i386
    cproto:i386,gcc:i386
    codelite:i386,gcc:i386
    codeblocks:i386,gcc:i386
    ccontrol:i386,gcc:i386
    cbmc:i386,gcc:i386
    bochs:i386,gcc:i386
    binfmtc:i386,gcc:i386
    apt-build:i386,gcc:i386
    anjuta:i386,gcc:i386
    acovea:i386,gcc:i386
    ubuntu-desktop:i386,gcc:i386
    python-numpy:i386,gcc:i386
    ocaml-nox:i386,gcc:i386
    ocaml-native-compilers:i386,gcc:i386
    libtool:i386,gcc:i386
    libc6-dev:i386,gcc:i386
    iconc:i386,gcc:i386
    hardening-wrapper:i386,gcc:i386
    gobjc:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    gfortran:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    gcc-multilib:i386,gcc:i386 4.6.1-2ubuntu5
    gcc-multilib:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    gcc-doc:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    gcc,gcc:i386
    g++:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5
    flex:i386,gcc:i386
    cmake:i386,gcc:i386
    build-essential:i386,gcc:i386 4:4.4.3
    gcc-multilib,gcc:i386 4.6.1-2ubuntu5
    gcc-4.6-doc,gcc:i386 2.7.2.3-4.3
    gcc-4.5-doc,gcc:i386 2.7.2.3-4.3
    gcc-4.4-doc,gcc:i386 2.7.2.3-4.3
    virtualbox-4.1:i386,gcc:i386
Dependencies:
4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 - cpp:i386 (2 4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5) gcc-4.6:i386 (2
4.6.3-1~) gcc-multilib:i386 (0 (null)) make:i386 (0 (null))
manpages-dev:i386 (0 (null)) autoconf:i386 (0 (null))
automake1.9:i386 (0 (null)) libtool:i386 (0 (null)) flex:i386 (0
(null)) bison:i386 (0 (null)) gdb:i386 (0 (null)) gcc-doc:i386 (0
(null)) libc6-dev:i386 (16 (null)) libc-dev:i386 (0 (null))
gcc-doc (3 1:2.95.3) gcc-doc:i386 (3 1:2.95.3) gcc (0 (null))
Provides:
4:4.6.3-1ubuntu5 - c-compiler:i386
Reverse Provides:
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So gcc seems to be installed right (indeed, I use it regularly),
but for some reason, the package dependencies or particulars
don't wire up right.  Other ideas?

Jason