When performing $ sudo dpkg -l | grep i386 I get the following list :
gcc-10-base:i386 i386 GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection (base package)
glib-networking:i386 i386 network-related giomodules for GLib
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 i386 GStreamer plugins from the "base" set
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:i386 i386 GStreamer plugins from the "good" set
gstreamer1.0-x:i386 i386 GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pango
i965-va-driver:i386 i386 VAAPI driver for Intel G45 & HD Graphics family
intel-media-va-driver:i386 i386 VAAPI driver for the Intel GEN8+ Graphics family
libaa1:i386 i386 ASCII art library
libaom0:i386 i386 AV1 Video Codec Library
libasn1-8-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - ASN.1 library
libasound2:i386 i386 shared library for ALSA applications
libasound2-plugins:i386 i386 ALSA library additional plugins
libasyncns0:i386 i386 Asynchronous name service query library
libatomic1:i386 i386 support library providing __atomic built-in functions
libavahi-client3:i386 i386 Avahi client library
libavahi-common-data:i386 i386 Avahi common data files
libavahi-common3:i386 i386 Avahi common library
libavc1394-0:i386 i386 control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices
libavcodec58:i386 i386 FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - runtime files
libavutil56:i386 i386 FFmpeg library with functions for simplifying programming - runtime files
libblkid1:i386 i386 block device ID library
libbrotli1:i386 i386 library implementing brotli encoder and decoder (shared libraries)
libbsd0:i386 i386 utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
libbz2-1.0:i386 i386 high-quality block-sorting file compressor library - runtime
libc6:i386 i386 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
libcaca0:i386 i386 colour ASCII art library
libcairo-gobject2:i386 i386 Cairo 2D vector graphics library (GObject library)
libcairo2:i386 i386 Cairo 2D vector graphics library
libcap2:i386 i386 POSIX 1003.1e capabilities (library)
libcapi20-3:i386 i386 ISDN utilities - CAPI support libraries
libcdparanoia0:i386 i386 audio extraction tool for sampling CDs (library)
libcodec2-0.9:i386 i386 Codec2 runtime library
libcom-err2:i386 i386 common error description library
libcrypt1:i386 i386 libcrypt shared library
libcups2:i386 i386 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Core library
libcurl3-gnutls:i386 i386 easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library (GnuTLS flavour)
libdatrie1:i386 i386 Double-array trie library
libdb5.3:i386 i386 Berkeley v5.3 Database Libraries [runtime]
libdbus-1-3:i386 i386 simple interprocess messaging system (library)
libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 i386 Userspace interface to amdgpu-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
libdrm-intel1:i386 i386 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
libdrm-nouveau2:i386 i386 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
libdrm-radeon1:i386 i386 Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
libdrm2:i386 i386 Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- runtime
libdv4:i386 i386 software library for DV format digital video (runtime lib)
libedit2:i386 i386 BSD editline and history libraries
libelf1:i386 i386 library to read and write ELF files
libexif12:i386 i386 library to parse EXIF files
libexpat1:i386 i386 XML parsing C library - runtime library
libfaudio0:i386 i386 XAudio sound processing reimplementation - library
libffi7:i386 i386 Foreign Function Interface library runtime
libflac8:i386 i386 Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C library
libfontconfig1:i386 i386 generic font configuration library - runtime
libfreetype6:i386 i386 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
libfribidi0:i386 i386 Free Implementation of the Unicode BiDi algorithm
libgcc-s1:i386 i386 GCC support library
libgcrypt20:i386 i386 LGPL Crypto library - runtime library
libgd3:i386 i386 GD Graphics Library
libgdbm-compat4:i386 i386 GNU dbm database routines (legacy support runtime version)
libgdbm6:i386 i386 GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 i386 GDK Pixbuf library
libgl1:i386 i386 Vendor neutral GL dispatch library -- legacy GL support
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules
libglapi-mesa:i386 i386 free implementation of the GL API -- shared library
libglib2.0-0:i386 i386 GLib library of C routines
libglu1-mesa:i386 i386 Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU)
libglvnd0:i386 i386 Vendor neutral GL dispatch library
libglx-mesa0:i386 i386 free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX vendor library
libglx0:i386 i386 Vendor neutral GL dispatch library -- GLX support
libgmp10:i386 i386 Multiprecision arithmetic library
libgnutls30:i386 i386 GNU TLS library - main runtime library
libgomp1:i386 i386 GCC OpenMP (GOMP) support library
libgpg-error0:i386 i386 GnuPG development runtime library
libgphoto2-6:i386 i386 gphoto2 digital camera library
libgphoto2-port12:i386 i386 gphoto2 digital camera port library
libgpm2:i386 i386 General Purpose Mouse - shared library
libgraphite2-3:i386 i386 Font rendering engine for Complex Scripts -- library
libgsm1:i386 i386 Shared libraries for GSM speech compressor
libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 i386 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API Mechanism
libgssapi3-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - GSSAPI support library
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 i386 GStreamer libraries from the "base" set
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0:i386 i386 GStreamer development files for libraries from the "good" set
libgstreamer1.0-0:i386 i386 Core GStreamer libraries and elements
libgudev-1.0-0:i386 i386 GObject-based wrapper library for libudev
libharfbuzz0b:i386 i386 OpenType text shaping engine (shared library)
libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - crypto library
libheimbase1-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - Base library
libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - NTLM support library
libhogweed5:i386 i386 low level cryptographic library (public-key cryptos)
libhx509-5-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - X509 support library
libicu66:i386 i386 International Components for Unicode
libidn2-0:i386 i386 Internationalized domain names (IDNA2008/TR46) library
libiec61883-0:i386 i386 partial implementation of IEC 61883 (shared lib)
libieee1284-3:i386 i386 cross-platform library for parallel port access
libigdgmm11:i386 i386 Intel Graphics Memory Management Library -- shared library
libjack-jackd2-0:i386 i386 JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)
libjbig0:i386 i386 JBIGkit libraries
libjpeg-turbo8:i386 i386 IJG JPEG compliant runtime library.
libjpeg8:i386 i386 Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library (dependency package)
libk5crypto3:i386 i386 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Crypto Library
libkeyutils1:i386 i386 Linux Key Management Utilities (library)
libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - libraries
libkrb5-3:i386 i386 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
libkrb5support0:i386 i386 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Support library
liblcms2-2:i386 i386 Little CMS 2 color management library
libldap-2.4-2:i386 i386 OpenLDAP libraries
libllvm9:i386 i386 Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, runtime library
libltdl7:i386 i386 System independent dlopen wrapper for GNU libtool
liblz4-1:i386 i386 Fast LZ compression algorithm library - runtime
liblzma5:i386 i386 XZ-format compression library
libmount1:i386 i386 device mounting library
libmp3lame0:i386 i386 MP3 encoding library
libmpg123-0:i386 i386 MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio decoder (shared library)
libmysqlclient21:i386 i386 MySQL database client library
libncurses6:i386 i386 shared libraries for terminal handling
libncursesw6:i386 i386 shared libraries for terminal handling (wide character support)
libnettle7:i386 i386 low level cryptographic library (symmetric and one-way cryptos)
libnghttp2-14:i386 i386 library implementing HTTP/2 protocol (shared library)
libnuma1:i386 i386 Libraries for controlling NUMA policy
libnvidia-compute-440:i386 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
libnvidia-decode-440:i386 i386 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
libnvidia-encode-440:i386 i386 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
libnvidia-fbc1-440:i386 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
libnvidia-gl-440:i386 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
libnvidia-ifr1-440:i386 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
libodbc1:i386 i386 ODBC library for Unix
libogg0:i386 i386 Ogg bitstream library
libopenal1:i386 i386 Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (shared library)
libopenjp2-7:i386 i386 JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library
libopus0:i386 i386 Opus codec runtime library
liborc-0.4-0:i386 i386 Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler
libosmesa6:i386 i386 Mesa Off-screen rendering extension
libp11-kit0:i386 i386 library for loading and coordinating access to PKCS#11 modules - runtime
libpango-1.0-0:i386 i386 Layout and rendering of internationalized text
libpangocairo-1.0-0:i386 i386 Layout and rendering of internationalized text
libpangoft2-1.0-0:i386 i386 Layout and rendering of internationalized text
libpcap0.8:i386 i386 system interface for user-level packet capture
libpci3:i386 i386 PCI utilities (shared library)
libpciaccess0:i386 i386 Generic PCI access library for X
libpcre2-8-0:i386 i386 New Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library- 8 bit runtime files
libpcre3:i386 i386 Old Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime files
libperl5.30:i386 i386 shared Perl library
libpixman-1-0:i386 i386 pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo
libpng16-16:i386 i386 PNG library - runtime (version 1.6)
libproxy1v5:i386 i386 automatic proxy configuration management library (shared)
libpsl5:i386 i386 Library for Public Suffix List (shared libraries)
libpulse0:i386 i386 PulseAudio client libraries
libraw1394-11:i386 i386 library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire)
libroken18-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - roken support library
librsvg2-2:i386 i386 SAX-based renderer library for SVG files (runtime)
librsvg2-common:i386 i386 SAX-based renderer library for SVG files (extra runtime)
librtmp1:i386 i386 toolkit for RTMP streams (shared library)
libsamplerate0:i386 i386 Audio sample rate conversion library
libsane:i386 i386 API library for scanners
libsasl2-2:i386 i386 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstraction library
libsasl2-modules:i386 i386 Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules
libsasl2-modules-db:i386 i386 Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules (DB)
libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 i386 Simple DirectMedia Layer
libselinux1:i386 i386 SELinux runtime shared libraries
libsensors5:i386 i386 library to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors
libshine3:i386 i386 Fixed-point MP3 encoding library - runtime files
libshout3:i386 i386 MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library
libslang2:i386 i386 S-Lang programming library - runtime version
libsnappy1v5:i386 i386 fast compression/decompression library
libsndfile1:i386 i386 Library for reading/writing audio files
libsndio7.0:i386 i386 Small audio and MIDI framework from OpenBSD, runtime libraries
libsnmp35:i386 i386 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) library
libsoup2.4-1:i386 i386 HTTP library implementation in C -- Shared library
libsoxr0:i386 i386 High quality 1D sample-rate conversion library
libspeex1:i386 i386 The Speex codec runtime library
libsqlite3-0:i386 i386 SQLite 3 shared library
libssh-4:i386 i386 tiny C SSH library (OpenSSL flavor)
libssl1.1:i386 i386 Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
libstb0:i386 i386 single-file public domain (or MIT licensed) libraries for C/C++
libstdc++6:i386 i386 GNU Standard C++ Library v3
libswresample3:i386 i386 FFmpeg library for audio resampling, rematrixing etc. - runtime files
libsystemd0:i386 i386 systemd utility library
libtag1v5:i386 i386 audio meta-data library
libtag1v5-vanilla:i386 i386 audio meta-data library - vanilla flavour
libtasn1-6:i386 i386 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
libthai0:i386 i386 Thai language support library
libtheora0:i386 i386 Theora Video Compression Codec
libtiff5:i386 i386 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
libtinfo6:i386 i386 shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling
libtwolame0:i386 i386 MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding library
libudev1:i386 i386 libudev shared library
libunistring2:i386 i386 Unicode string library for C
libusb-1.0-0:i386 i386 userspace USB programming library
libuuid1:i386 i386 Universally Unique ID library
libv4l-0:i386 i386 Collection of video4linux support libraries
libv4lconvert0:i386 i386 Video4linux frame format conversion library
libva-drm2:i386 i386 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- DRM runtime
libva-x11-2:i386 i386 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- X11 runtime
libva2:i386 i386 Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- runtime
libvdpau1:i386 i386 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (libraries)
libvisual-0.4-0:i386 i386 audio visualization framework
libvkd3d1:i386 i386 Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation - library
libvorbis0a:i386 i386 decoder library for Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
libvorbisenc2:i386 i386 encoder library for Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
libvpx6:i386 i386 VP8 and VP9 video codec (shared library)
libvulkan1:i386 i386 Vulkan loader library
libwavpack1:i386 i386 audio codec (lossy and lossless) - library
libwayland-client0:i386 i386 wayland compositor infrastructure - client library
libwayland-cursor0:i386 i386 wayland compositor infrastructure - cursor library
libwayland-egl1:i386 i386 wayland compositor infrastructure - EGL library
libwebp6:i386 i386 Lossy compression of digital photographic images.
libwebpmux3:i386 i386 Lossy compression of digital photographic images.
libwind0-heimdal:i386 i386 Heimdal Kerberos - stringprep implementation
libwine:i386 i386 Windows API implementation - library
libwrap0:i386 i386 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library
libx11-6:i386 i386 X11 client-side library
libx11-xcb1:i386 i386 Xlib/XCB interface library
libx264-155:i386 i386 x264 video coding library
libx265-179:i386 i386 H.265/HEVC video stream encoder (shared library)
libxau6:i386 i386 X11 authorisation library
libxcb-dri2-0:i386 i386 X C Binding, dri2 extension
libxcb-dri3-0:i386 i386 X C Binding, dri3 extension
libxcb-glx0:i386 i386 X C Binding, glx extension
libxcb-present0:i386 i386 X C Binding, present extension
libxcb-randr0:i386 i386 X C Binding, randr extension
libxcb-render0:i386 i386 X C Binding, render extension
libxcb-shm0:i386 i386 X C Binding, shm extension
libxcb-sync1:i386 i386 X C Binding, sync extension
libxcb-xfixes0:i386 i386 X C Binding, xfixes extension
libxcb1:i386 i386 X C Binding
libxcomposite1:i386 i386 X11 Composite extension library
libxcursor1:i386 i386 X cursor management library
libxdamage1:i386 i386 X11 damaged region extension library
libxdmcp6:i386 i386 X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library
libxext6:i386 i386 X11 miscellaneous extension library
libxfixes3:i386 i386 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extension library
libxi6:i386 i386 X11 Input extension library
libxinerama1:i386 i386 X11 Xinerama extension library
libxkbcommon0:i386 i386 library interface to the XKB compiler - shared library
libxml2:i386 i386 GNOME XML library
libxpm4:i386 i386 X11 pixmap library
libxrandr2:i386 i386 X11 RandR extension library
libxrender1:i386 i386 X Rendering Extension client library
libxshmfence1:i386 i386 X shared memory fences - shared library
libxslt1.1:i386 i386 XSLT 1.0 processing library - runtime library
libxss1:i386 i386 X11 Screen Saver extension library
libxv1:i386 i386 X11 Video extension library
libxvidcore4:i386 i386 Open source MPEG-4 video codec (library)
libxxf86vm1:i386 i386 X11 XFree86 video mode extension library
libzstd1:i386 i386 fast lossless compression algorithm
libzvbi0:i386 i386 Vertical Blanking Interval decoder (VBI) - runtime files
mesa-va-drivers:i386 i386 Mesa VA-API video acceleration drivers
mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 i386 Mesa VDPAU video acceleration drivers
mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 i386 Mesa Vulkan graphics drivers
ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386 i386 Generic OpenCL ICD Loader
va-driver-all:i386 i386 Video Acceleration (VA) API -- driver metapackage
vdpau-driver-all:i386 i386 Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (driver metapackage)
wine32:i386 i386 Windows API implementation - 32-bit binary loader
zlib1g:i386 i386 compression library - runtime
Are all these packages still relevant? Do they have amd64 equivalent? If Ubuntu 20.04 has dropped i386 support, why weren't these packages removed in the installation process?
Edit
What prompted me to ask this question was sudo apt update outputting these two lines :
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
19.04to19.10(last November) then to20.04(this morning), but the point remains, these repositories have indeed been disabled, thus why I'm asking the question. – Yanick Rochon Apr 30 '20 at 14:20sudo apt install glib-networking:i386would install thei386version alongside of theamd64version that is already there. Sometimes thosei386versions get installed with other packages likewineorsteam. But I do agree with dobey above to get the actual error message that shows that. There might only be a few of them that cannot be upgraded that could be 3rd party. – Terrance Apr 30 '20 at 14:31[arch=amd64]right afterdebin the repository lines for those to no longer get that message. – Terrance Apr 30 '20 at 15:10