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trampster
Asked: 2011-05-15 00:21:30 +0800 CST

Package not available for this type of computer

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I am creating a deb package for an opensource project I have started called WideMargin

When I try and install my deb package in 10.10 using the Ubuntu Software Center I get the following text on screen.

Sorry, 'widemargin' is not available for this type of computer (i386).

Despite this message it still installs and works fine.

In my control file I have the following line:

Architecture: all

I assumed this would allow it to work on all architectures.

What am I doing wrong?

As this is an open source project please feel free to poke around in my package source and tell me whats wrong.

I ran the following command as requested:

dpkg-deb --control widemargin_1.0.0_all.deb

And it produced the following results:

Package: widemargin
Version: 1.0.0
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Daniel Hughes <[email protected]>
Installed-Size: 4744
Depends: mono-runtime (>= 2.6.7), libgtk2.0-cil (>= 2.12.10), libmono-sqlite2.0-cil (>= 2.6.7)
Section: unknown
Priority: extra
Homepage: https://bitbucket.org/trampster/widemargin
Description: Quick and simple bible software.
 Bible software with a focus on speed and usability.
packaging

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I solved this problem by...

    Rebooting!

    And it magically started working. Very strange.

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  2. My computer is an i386 which is what most computers are. I'm not sure of all the options here, but on my computer the line:

    Architecture: all

    Should be changed to:

    Architecture: i386

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