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RE: 0.6.1.deb install fails (missing architecture in control file) [ Reply ]
By: Dan Stowell on 2012-03-14 12:30

Boris, thanks - you are correct; however the error persists:

% sudo dpkg -i MPTK-binary-0.6.1-x86_64-Linux.deb
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 50003 package 'mptk':
missing architecture
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near line 8 package 'mptk':
missing architecture
dpkg: error processing MPTK-binary-0.6.1-x86_64-Linux.deb (--install):
package architecture () does not match system (amd64)
Errors were encountered while processing:
MPTK-binary-0.6.1-x86_64-Linux.deb
zsh: exit 1 sudo dpkg -i MPTK-binary-0.6.1-x86_64-Linux.deb

RE: 0.6.1.deb install fails (missing architecture in control file) [ Reply ] By: Boris Mailhe on 2012-03-14 11:49	[forum:109454]
Hi Dan, Are you not trying to install the 32 bit binaries on a 64 bit machine? You should try the x86_64 binaries instead. Hope it helps, Boris

0.6.1.deb install fails (missing architecture in control file) [ Reply ]
By: Dan Stowell on 2012-03-14 11:23

[forum:109453]

Hi - got the following error trying to install on ubuntu 11.10 64bit:

% sudo dpkg -i MPTK-binary-0.6.1-i386-Linux.deb

dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 49981 package 'mptk':
missing architecture
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/control' near line 8 package 'mptk':
missing architecture
dpkg: error processing MPTK-binary-0.6.1-i386-Linux.deb (--install):
package architecture () does not match system (amd64)
Errors were encountered while processing:
MPTK-binary-0.6.1-i386-Linux.deb
zsh: exit 1 sudo dpkg -i MPTK-binary-0.6.1-i386-Linux.deb