incorrect multi-arch related meta information.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Also, the same thing exists with unity-gtk-module. Do we need a separate bug report for that?

Ubuntu 14.04
Same behavior

I don't have the issue with unity-gtk-module, but I am still having trouble with the scrollbar:

root@bigthink:~# apt-get download overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 i386 0.2.16+r359+14.04.20131129-0ubuntu1 [29.3 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main overlay-scrollbar-gtk3 i386 0.2.16+r359+14.04.20131129-0ubuntu1 [30.9 kB]
Fetched 60.2 kB in 0s (122 kB/s)
root@bigthink:~# sudo dpkg --ignore-depends overlay-scrollbar -i overlay-scrollbar-gtk*.deb
Selecting previously unselected package overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386.
(Reading database ... 419681 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack overlay-scrollbar-gtk2_0.2.16+r359+14.04.20131129-0ubuntu1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 (0.2.16+r359+14.04.20131129-0ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386.
Preparing to unpack overlay-scrollbar-gtk3_0.2.16+r359+14.04.20131129-0ubuntu1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386 (0.2.16+r359+14.04.20131129-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386:
 overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 depends on overlay-scrollbar.

dpkg: error processing package overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386:
 overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386 depends on overlay-scrollbar.

dpkg: error processing package overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386
 overlay-scrollbar-gtk3:i386

When this cannot be installed, you will see

   Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"

running 32-bit apps, such as skype.

I'm also running into this on Trusty. What needs to happen to get someone to look at the bzr branches and merge request linked in this bug?

This package is handled by the automatic CI train machinery, so I can't just sponsor it.

I seem to be completely blocked from being able to view a PDF until this is solved. Acrobat appears to do this thing where it's the only reader that can read certain PDFs ( It prints a nice message telling me so when I try to load it in Google or Evince )

But I can't open a file from acroreader until it gets its scrollbar. Further, there is no option to use Acrobat Reader from 'open with' when browsing the filesystem.

In desperation, I tried to follow this:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/392097/how-do-i-install-32-bit-libraries-when-they-keep-having-uninstallable-dependenci?newreg=f8daa9b771684ce989a504fb4216b21f

.. Even though it seemed like a "bad idea".

Screwed up my packaging system temporarily. My fault, entirely, of course.

Please fix this, or provide a work-around that preferably doesn't involve hand-altering system configuration files.

Thanks!

Health warning: You should not run any packages without security support such as acroread. If you still want to, these are the steps which worked for me

"acroread "will work without canberra-gtk-module, unity-gtk module, murrine theme, and the overlay scrollbar you can ignore those messages when just trying to get it to run (though, it will be nicer if these are fixed, and the steps below do fix most of these warnings)

1)
apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 lib32nss-mdns libxml2:i386 libxslt1.1:i386 libstdc++6:i386
apt-get install --reinstall gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386

2) To make many 32 bit programs work, you will also need the i386 versions of name service libraries:

It depends on the system how you do this:

aptitude search libnss | grep ^i | grep -v i386

i libnss-ldap - NSS module for using LDAP as a naming serv
i A libnss-mdns - NSS module for Multicast DNS name resoluti
i A libnss-sss - Nss library for the System Security Servic
i A libnss3 - Network Security Service libraries
i A libnss3-nssdb - Network Security Security libraries - shar

I needed to make sure that the 32 bit versions of the above were installed
apt-get install libnss-ldap:i386 libnss-mdns:i386 libnss-sss:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-nssdb:i386

Finally:
from http://mastro77.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/installing-adobe-reader-9-in-ubuntu-1404.html
You do not need to pull in any dependencies from precise, only acroread should be installed by this next set of steps:

3)
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install acroread
sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
sudo apt-get update

If other dependencies are required, to be safe, remove the precise repository and install them from the trusty repository
sudo add-apt-repository -r "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ precise partner"
sudo apt-get update
apt-get install [list of missing dependencies]
and go back to step 3)

This bug was fixed in the package overlay-scrollbar - 0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu2

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overlay-scrollbar (0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu2) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Mark overlay-scrollbar Multi-Arch: foreign. (LP: #1262022)

 -- Stefano Rivera <email address hidden> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:31:42 -0500

Uploaded to xenial and yakkety, pending SRU team approval.

Hello Tomas, or anyone else affected,

Accepted overlay-scrollbar into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar/0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello Tomas, or anyone else affected,

Accepted overlay-scrollbar into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar/0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu1.16.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I have tested installation of the proposed overlay-scrollbar package together with both the amd64 and i386 versions of the overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 package, and was able to install both successfully.

I also did quick installability tests in xenial and yakkety chroots.

The verification of the Stable Release Update for overlay-scrollbar has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package overlay-scrollbar - 0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu1.16.10.1

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overlay-scrollbar (0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu1.16.10.1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Mark overlay-scrollbar Multi-Arch: foreign. (LP: #1262022)

 -- Stefano Rivera <email address hidden> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:43:12 -0500

This bug was fixed in the package overlay-scrollbar - 0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu1.16.04.1

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overlay-scrollbar (0.2.17.1+16.04.20151117-0ubuntu1.16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Mark overlay-scrollbar Multi-Arch: foreign. (LP: #1262022)

 -- Stefano Rivera <email address hidden> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:43:12 -0500