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dpkg

Package architecture mismatch

P Package Medium

🔴 Error Message

dpkg: error processing package, wrong architecture

📖 What This Means

Trying to install package built for different CPU architecture.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Check architecture: dpkg --print-architecture
  2. Enable multi-arch: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
  3. Download correct arch package
  4. For i386 on amd64: sudo apt install package:i386