[Bug 918177] Re: libncurses5:amd64 cannot be installed with libncurses5:i386

[Margarita Manterola]

** Summary changed:

- Cannot use adb on 64-bit machine because libncurses5:i386 cannot be installed
+ libncurses5:amd64 cannot be installed with libncurses5:i386

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Title:
  libncurses5:amd64 cannot be installed with libncurses5:i386

Status in “ncurses” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  adb (the multi-purpose Android tool) is made available for download by
  Google.

  The available version is 32-bit only. Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit is able to
  run 32-bit executables, but in the case of adb there's a problem.

  adb needs libncurses.so.5, and libncurses5:i386 cannot be installed on
  64-bit machines: it clashes with the plain libncurses5, needed by many
  fundamental applications.

  Until libncurses5:i386 and libncurses5:amd64 can be installed in
  parallel, adb cannot be run. This is a serious impediment for wannabe
  Android developers with 64-bit machines.

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