I have Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit installed and I have to install 32-bit deb package on it. It depends on other 32 bit libraries. I overcome this with getlibs:

sudo getlibs -i ./hp-netconnect_1.2-12_i386.deb 

Package is installed successfully and I can use it, but now I can't install anything with apt-get:

ytaras@bueno:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get install bison-doc 

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 hp-netconnect:i386 : Depends: openssl:i386 but it is not going to be installed

                      Depends: procps:i386 but it is not going to be installed

                      Depends: zenity:i386 but it is not going to be installed

                      Depends: sun-java6-jre:i386 but it is not installable or

                               sun-java5-jre:i386 but it is not installable

                      Recommends: sun-java6-plugin:i386 but it is not installable

E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

If I run 'apt-get -f install', it just removes hp-netconnect package. Now I have to uninstall this package with 'apt-get -f install' every time I want to install something and reinstall it later.