[Bug 859188] Re: can't apt-get install --reinstall when foreign-arch version is present (E: Internal Error, No file name for libgl1-mesa-glx)

[TBeholder]

oh, and thx, the workaround  with both arcs reinstalled from command line applied to everything in my list above seems to help - at least mostly.
No obvious GL failures.
There were rare fullscreen freezes, but i'm not sure it was this again and not an epic battle between screen composer from XFCE and Catalyst AI from fglrx or something like this.

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Title:
  can't apt-get install --reinstall when foreign-arch version is present
  (E: Internal Error, No file name for libgl1-mesa-glx)

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  *** Current workaround ***
  As per comment #10, the workaround is to --reinstall the library on all architectures for which it's installed, e g:

  sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx:amd64 libgl1-mesa-
  glx:i386

  ***

  
  Hi, I wanted to reinstall  libgl1-mesa-glx because I cannot run KDE4.7.1 and synaptic and also apt-get using konsole gives me this:
  "E: Internal Error, No file name for libgl1-mesa-glx"
  It seems the package is not avaliable, right?
  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Sep 25 22:44:19 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-24 (1 days ago)

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