On Sun, 2025-10-26 at 15:14 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 12:02:54 -0700, Van Snyder wrote: > > I ran "dpkg --add-architecture i386" and "apt install libgtk2\*" > > [...] > > Finally, I ran "apt install libgtk2\*:i386" and it worked. > > > > What is the REAL way to add 32-bit support in Trixie? > > That looks correct. The --add-architecture, followed by apt update, > and then the manual installation of libraries ending with :i386 -- > those are the proper steps.
I would have expected "dpkg --add-architecture i386" followed by "apt update" and "apt install libgtk2\*" to install the i386 version (and dependencies). But it didn't. I had to run "apt install libgtk2\*:i386". What's the point of "dpkg --add-architecture i386" if it doesn't really add that architecture?
