1) I really like Debian, for many reasons. Community, stability, cleanliness and overall design. Debian rocks.
2) I really really really dislike Ubuntu, for many reasons, but for sake of argument and because im not here to just bash Ubuntu, lets just say i think Ubuntu sucks.
3) What im about to describe works perfectly on Ubuntu *gross sobbing*.
I have a java applet (juniper vpn connect) that i have to use for work. There is no avoiding this and as a support engineer i need VPN access round the clock. I have Ubuntu on my laptop at the minute, but as i mentioned in my opening statement, i am not happy with this at all. I want to use Debian. The problem being that i cannot get this particular java applet to work in Debian wheezy, and its a deal breaker at the minute.
Please note i am not asking for support on this particular java applet, java itself or Ubuntu, only Debian's multiarch capability like the title says.
So with that overly long preamble out of the way, here is the problem. This particular applet required 32-bit JRE, and i am using a 64-bit system. Lucky for me wheezy has multiarch support. So i have installed openjdk-7-jre and icedtea-7-plugin (both needed for firefox to work with the applet) however i must be doing something wrong when i try to get the 32-bit JRE installed alongside 64-bit JRE.
I followed this guide: https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO
Then did the following:
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root@debbie:~# dpkg --print-architecture
amd64Code: Select all
root@debbie:~# uname -a
Linux debbie 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/LinuxCode: Select all
root@debbie:~# dpkg --add-architecture i386Code: Select all
root@debbie:~# dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386Then, i install the needful bits of openjdk:
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root@debbie:~# apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib
Suggested packages:
icedtea-7-plugin sun-java6-fonts fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho
ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei ttf-indic-fonts
The following NEW packages will be installed:
icedtea-7-jre-jamvm openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 41.9 MB of archives.
After this operation, 58.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main openjdk-7-jre-lib all 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1 [5,541 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main openjdk-7-jre-headless amd64 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1 [35.5 MB]
Get:3 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main openjdk-7-jre amd64 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1 [230 kB]
Get:4 http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates/main icedtea-7-jre-jamvm amd64 7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1 [631 kB]
Fetched 41.9 MB in 3min 27s (202 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package openjdk-7-jre-lib.
(Reading database ... 138362 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking openjdk-7-jre-lib (from .../openjdk-7-jre-lib_7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64.
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Selecting previously unselected package openjdk-7-jre:amd64.
Unpacking openjdk-7-jre:amd64 (from .../openjdk-7-jre_7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:amd64.
Unpacking icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:amd64 (from .../icedtea-7-jre-jamvm_7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Setting up openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1) ...
Setting up openjdk-7-jre:amd64 (7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1) ...
Setting up icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:amd64 (7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1) ...
Setting up openjdk-7-jre-lib (7u25-2.3.10-1~deb7u1) ...Now lets try and get the 32-bit libs installed as well.
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root@debbie:~# apt-get install openjdk-7-jre:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openjdk-7-jre:i386 : Depends: libgif4:i386 (>= 4.1.4) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libgnome2-0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libgnomevfs2-0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.Code: Select all
root@debbie:~# aptitude install openjdk-7-jre:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cpp:i386{ab} cpp-4.7:i386{ab} gcc-4.7-base:i386{a} icedtea-7-jre-jamvm:i386{a} libacl1:i386 libasound2:i386{a} libasyncns0:i386{a}
libatk-wrapper-java-jni:i386{a} libatk1.0-0:i386{a} libattr1:i386{a} libavahi-client3:i386{a} libavahi-common-data:i386{a}
libavahi-common3:i386{a} libavahi-glib1:i386 libbonobo2-0:i386{ab} libc6:i386{a} libc6-i686:i386{a} libcairo2:i386{a}
libcanberra0:i386{a} libcap2:i386{a} libcomerr2:i386{a} libcups2:i386{a} libdatrie1:i386{a} libdbus-1-3:i386{a}
libdbus-glib-1-2:i386{a} libdrm-intel1:i386{a} libdrm-nouveau1a:i386{a} libdrm-radeon1:i386{a} libdrm2:i386{a} libexpat1:i386{a}
libfam0:i386{b} libffi5:i386{a} libflac8:i386{a} libfontconfig1:i386{a} libfreetype6:i386{a} libgcc1:i386{a} libgconf-2-4:i386{a}
libgconf2-4:i386{a} libgcrypt11:i386{a} libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386{a} libgif4:i386{ab} libgl1-mesa-dri:i386{a} libgl1-mesa-glx:i386{a}
libglapi-mesa:i386{a} libglib2.0-0:i386{a} libgmp10:i386{a} libgnome2-0:i386{ab} libgnomevfs2-0:i386{ab} libgnutls26:i386{a}
libgpg-error0:i386{a} libgssapi-krb5-2:i386{a} libgtk2.0-0:i386{a} libice6:i386{a} libidl0:i386{ab} libjasper1:i386{a} libjbig0:i386
libjpeg8:i386{a} libjson0:i386{a} libk5crypto3:i386{a} libkeyutils1:i386{a} libkrb5-3:i386{a} libkrb5support0:i386{a}
liblcms2-2:i386{a} libltdl7:i386{a} liblzma5:i386{a} libmpc2:i386{a} libmpfr4:i386{a} libnspr4:i386{a} libnss3:i386{a}
libogg0:i386{a} liborbit2:i386{ab} libp11-kit0:i386{a} libpango1.0-0:i386{a} libpciaccess0:i386{a} libpcre3:i386{a}
libpcsclite1:i386{a} libpixman-1-0:i386{a} libpng12-0:i386{a} libpopt0:i386{a} libpulse0:i386{a} libselinux1:i386{a} libsm6:i386{a}
libsndfile1:i386{a} libsqlite3-0:i386{a} libstdc++6:i386{a} libtasn1-3:i386{a} libtdb1:i386{a} libthai0:i386{a} libtiff4:i386{a}
libuuid1:i386{a} libvorbis0a:i386{a} libvorbisenc2:i386{a} libvorbisfile3:i386{a} libwrap0:i386{a} libx11-6:i386{a}
libx11-xcb1:i386{a} libxau6:i386{a} libxcb-glx0:i386{a} libxcb-render0:i386{a} libxcb-shm0:i386{a} libxcb1:i386{a}
libxcomposite1:i386{a} libxcursor1:i386{a} libxdamage1:i386{a} libxdmcp6:i386{a} libxext6:i386{a} libxfixes3:i386{a} libxft2:i386{a}
libxi6:i386{a} libxinerama1:i386{a} libxml2:i386 libxrandr2:i386{a} libxrender1:i386{a} libxtst6:i386{a} libxxf86vm1:i386{a}
openjdk-7-jre:i386 openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386{a} uuid-runtime{a} zlib1g:i386{a}
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
libgnomevfs2-extra:i386
0 packages upgraded, 119 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 95.9 MB of archives. After unpacking 226 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgnome2-0 : Conflicts: libgnome2-0:i386 but 2.32.1-3 is to be installed.
libgnome2-0:i386 : Depends: libgnome2-common:i386 (>= 2.32) which is a virtual package.
Depends: libgnome2-common:i386 (< 2.33) which is a virtual package.
Depends: gvfs:i386 but it is not going to be installed.
Conflicts: libgnome2-0 but 2.32.1-3 is installed.
libbonobo2-0 : Conflicts: libbonobo2-0:i386 but 2.24.3-1 is to be installed.
libbonobo2-0:i386 : Depends: libbonobo2-common:i386 (= 2.24.3-1) which is a virtual package.
Conflicts: libbonobo2-0 but 2.24.3-1 is installed.
libfam0 : Conflicts: libfam0:i386 but 2.7.0-17 is to be installed.
libfam0:i386 : Conflicts: libfam0 but 2.7.0-17 is installed.
cpp : Conflicts: cpp:i386 but 4:4.7.2-1 is to be installed.
cpp:i386 : Conflicts: cpp but 4:4.7.2-1 is installed.
libgif4 : Conflicts: libgif4:i386 but 4.1.6-10 is to be installed.
libgif4:i386 : Conflicts: libgif4 but 4.1.6-10 is installed.
libgnomevfs2-0 : Conflicts: libgnomevfs2-0:i386 but 1:2.24.4-2 is to be installed.
libgnomevfs2-0:i386 : Depends: libgnomevfs2-common:i386 (>= 1:2.24) which is a virtual package.
Depends: libgnomevfs2-common:i386 (< 1:2.25) which is a virtual package.
Conflicts: libgnomevfs2-0 but 1:2.24.4-2 is installed.
libidl0 : Conflicts: libidl0:i386 but 0.8.14-0.2 is to be installed.
libidl0:i386 : Conflicts: libidl0 but 0.8.14-0.2 is installed.
liborbit2 : Conflicts: liborbit2:i386 but 1:2.14.19-0.1 is to be installed.
liborbit2:i386 : Conflicts: liborbit2 but 1:2.14.19-0.1 is installed.
cpp-4.7 : Conflicts: cpp-4.7:i386 but 4.7.2-5 is to be installed.
cpp-4.7:i386 : Conflicts: cpp-4.7 but 4.7.2-5 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) browser-plugin-gnash
2) cpp
3) cpp-4.7
4) default-jre
5) dkms
6) gcc
7) gcc-4.7
8) gdm3
9) gnash
10) gnash-common
11) gnome
12) gnome-core
13) gnome-mag
14) hamster-applet
15) icedtea-7-plugin
16) icedtea-netx
17) libatspi1.0-0
18) libbonobo2-0
19) libbonoboui2-0
20) libgdiplus
21) libgif4
22) libgnome-mag2
23) libgnome2-0
24) libgnomeui-0
25) libgtk2.0-cil
26) libidl0
27) libmono-addins-gui0.2-cil
28) libmono-system-drawing4.0-cil
29) liborbit2
30) libreoffice
31) libreoffice-base
32) libreoffice-evolution
33) libreoffice-filter-mobiledev
34) libreoffice-report-builder-bin
35) openjdk-6-jre
36) openjdk-7-jre
37) python-gnome2
38) python-pyorbit
39) task-desktop
40) task-gnome-desktop
41) tomboy
42) tracker-extract
43) tracker-miner-fs
44) virtualbox-guest-dkms
45) x11-apps
46) x11-session-utils
47) x11-xserver-utils
48) xorg
Keep the following packages at their current version:
49) libbonobo2-0:i386 [Not Installed]
50) libfam0:i386 [Not Installed]
51) libgnome2-0:i386 [Not Installed]
52) libgnomevfs2-0:i386 [Not Installed]
Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
53) gnome-orca recommends gnome-mag (>= 0.12.5)
54) libreoffice-writer recommends default-jre | gcj-jre | java-gcj-compat | openjdk-6-jre | openjdk-7-jre | sun-java5-jre | sun-java6-jr
55) task-desktop recommends task-gnome-desktop | task-kde-desktop | task-lxde-desktop | task-xfce-desktop
56) task-gnome-desktop recommends gnome
57) tracker recommends tracker-miner-fs
58) unoconv recommends libreoffice
59) xdg-utils recommends x11-xserver-utils
60) openjdk-7-jre recommends libgnome2-0
61) virtualbox-guest-utils recommends virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u2) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u2)
62) openjdk-7-jre:i386 recommends libgnome2-0:i386
63) openjdk-7-jre:i386 recommends libgnomevfs2-0:i386
Accept this solution? Y/n/q/?I'm a bit bummed by this but i am convinced i am doing something wrong, rather than it being a flaw in the Debian system. So can someone help me spot what it is that i'm not getting?
A few extra bits, like i said this annoyingly works right off the bat in Ubuntu, here is a guide on doing so and i can confirm this indeed does work: http://askubuntu.com/questions/136194/j ... p-on-12-04
Is it just that Ubuntu happily installs a ton of broken packages?
The only other reference i can find which is not totally anecdotal is this:
http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/s ... pport.html but now i know that this works semi "out of the box" on Ubuntu i would hope i could get it working in Debian.
