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[Charles T. Bell]

On 06/11/2015 06:29 PM, Bill Vance wrote:
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> The version is 12.04.5, with 64 bit quad processors.
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> Bill
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> On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, R.P. Charbonneau wrote:
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>> Which version of Kubuntu are you running Bill? I installed gdebi
>> to see if the issue persisted in my install and it seems I can
>> run it without issue.
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>> On June 11, 2015 02:14:44 PM Bill Vance wrote:
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>> > Thanks Clay, That explains a lot.
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>> > On Thu, 11 Jun 2015, Clay Weber wrote:
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>> > > On Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:26:18 PM Bill Vance wrote:
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>> > >> Howdy;
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>> > >> Since I upgraded to a 64 bit system, I've noted stuff for
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>> > >> both 64 bit, and amd64, and on some sites they are treated
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>> > >> as if they are identical, and indeed, they seem to compile
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>> > >> and work ok. Then there are things like gdebi that say
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>> > >> Anybody know what the story is here?
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>> > > We might need a more specific example of what you are
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>> > > amd64=x86_64=64 bit. Perhaps gdebi is being wonky, or the
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>> > > thinks you have a non-64 bit system for some reason.
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gedebi is in the repos, why download it unless you want a more current
version than is in the repos?
apt-cache search gdebi
gdebi-core - simple tool to install deb files
gdebi - simple tool to install deb files - GNOME GUI
gdebi-kde - simple tool to install deb files - KDE GUI


Tom
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is for good men to do nothing" .- Edmund Burke
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