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Stuck with foreign-architecture=i386 when using apt-get

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 7032 / 3 Years ago, tue, november 16, 2021, 2:56:56

I installed some packages a while ago and for some reason, they would only install with a special set of parameters that I used as recommended on a website (can't remember which one).

Now, although harmless, I am stuck with these warnings every time I run apt-get:

dpkg: warning: ignoring option --foreign-architecture=i386: this architecture cannot be foreign

Any idea where is this lying around? How can I clean this up?

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answered 3 Years ago naldis · Accepted Answer

I can confirm. Removing the line
foreign-architecture i386

in the file /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch

Removes the warning message:
Unknown configuration key foreign-architecture' found in yourdpkg'
configuration files. This warning will become a hard error at a later
date, so please remove the offending configuration options and replace
them with `dpkg --add-architecture' invocations at the command line.

when performing the command: sudo apt-get update