Eagle not available in 11.10 amd64 but i386 package works

[Dave Lawrence]

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Hi

It seems that Eagle (PCB design tool) has disappeared on upgrade to
11.10 (64 bit).

I ran
sudo apt-get install eagle-data
Then downloaded the i386 version of the eagle package and ran
sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture eagle_5.11.0-3ubuntu1_i386.deb

and it installed just fine.  On a quick prod around the program it
seems to work OK.

I understand that 11.10 adds some extra support for running 32-bit
packages in a 64-bit installation but I'm not sure whether that is
comprehensive.

Is there a case for the package manager offering a 32-bit version of a
package in the case where the 64-bit version is not available?  This
might be a general feature or something that's just enabled on a
package-by-package basis, depending on whether the compatibility is
universal or not.
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