On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 07:44:43PM +0200, Graham Inggs wrote: >... > BTW, are you sure it is possible to install amd64 packages on i386? I > know i386 on amd64 is possible, but I've never heard this before.
All combinations are possible, for example: dpkg --add-architecture s390x apt-get update apt-get install hello:s390x $ hello bash: /usr/bin/hello: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error $ file /usr/bin/hello /usr/bin/hello: ELF 64-bit MSB shared object, IBM S/390, ... $ cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed