Public bug reported: I've been having this issue with 12.04 and it breaks a lot of multilib support, a quick search of the Ubuntu forums shows this issues has cropped up on a number of machines in the past weeks:
The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-dev-amd64:i386 : Depends: libc6-amd64:i386 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.4) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gcc-multilib:i386 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 12.04 amd64 i386 libc6 multilib precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1227318 Title: libc6-amd64:i386 broken in 12.04 precise AMD64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1227318/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs