"Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable" - Solution

Question

I noticed this on 12.10 trying to get the Android SDK working. For 64 bit versions, it is required to install:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

However, under 64bit 12.10, I got the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable

And

> apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package ia32-libs-multiarch is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ia32-libs-multiarch' has no installation candidate

Answer 1

I found the solution here comment #27,

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Then the 32 bit libraries install fine (for me anyway!). Hope this helps somebody !

Answer 2

The accepted answer no longer works, as you see by comments. I found a working solution elsewhere:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype

Link is here.