repository 'http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu xenial InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

Question

I installed MikTex following this tutorial:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys D6BC243565B2087BC3F897C9277A7293F59E4889

echo "deb http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu xenial universe" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/miktex.list

sudo apt-get update

I got this note message:

N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'universe/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu xenial InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

How to get rid of this?

This message means that your system is 32-bit, but repository has only 64-bit packages. Usually on Ubuntu and Debian texlive is more functional then MikTeX. Why you do not want to install texlive package? — N0rbert, Apr 08 '18 at 09:51
I have a 64 bits CPU. Yes, I removed and purged miktex and installed texlive instead. — Billal Begueradj, Apr 08 '18 at 18:23

N0rbert · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-08T19:10:38.053

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For you information. If you have 64-bit CPU and 64-bit only repository you should have the following line in sources.list:

deb [arch=amd64] http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu xenial universe

Here [arch=amd64] did the trick.

But texlive is better.

edited Apr 08 '18 at 19:10

answered Apr 08 '18 at 18:39

N0rbert

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repository 'http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu xenial InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

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