Comment 33 for bug 1123710

On 15 May 2013 22:22, Daniel <email address hidden> wrote:
>> sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
> Is this the way that each Ubuntu user should go? I never saw this
> command before and I think it should not be necessary for
> packages from the universe repository.
>

Usually it is not required. The i386 is supposed to be enabled by
default on all (desktop) Ubuntu amd64 systems. There are a few
reports that certain install methods are not doing that, but otherwise
it is fine for most.

>> Note that this is not the same issue described in this bug report.
> probably. But I think the 'solution' of this bug is the origin of my issue. Your efforts to solve the bug are responsible that wine cannot be installed anymore on amd64
>

This bug tracks enabling multiarch for packages in the
depends/recommends tree of wine. That is not related to the issue you
are experiencing.

If you do not have i386 repositories enabled, that is a
misconfiguration of your system. Wine is not going to be installable
on pure amd64, that would be a return to the chaos before multiarch.

If you continue to have issues, I recommend you seek help on a support
forum. See <http://www.ubuntu.com/support/>. If that process
identifies an actual bug, then please file a new report.