apt-get update fails complaining about architecture 1386

Question

When I run sudo apt-get update I get this error with many packages:

Omitiendo el uso del fichero configurado «main/binary-1386/Packages»
  ya que el repositorio «http : //bo.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease»
  no admite la arquitectura «1386»

I think the problem started when I tried to install Skype and one step was:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

That gave me this result

Odd number of elements in hash assignment at /usr/share/pkg-config-dpkghook line 30.

I used this How to install Skype on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Linux 64-bit | LinuxConfig.org

I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit

How can I fix this problem?

Can you translate Omitiendo el uso del fichero configurado «main/binary-1386/Packages» ya que el repositorio «http://bo.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease» no admite la arquitectura «1386» into English? — Ajay Kulkarni, Jun 01 '16 at 06:09
My English is not good but it will be:

Omitting the use of the configured file «main/binary-1386/Packages» since the repository «http://bo.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease» not support the architecture «1386» — Michael Zapata, Jun 01 '16 at 06:20
Possible duplicate of How to solve "Unable to find expected entry 'restricted/binary-1386/Packages' Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file"? — Zanna, Mar 23 '18 at 12:51

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '16 at 07:34

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Didn't you just misread/mistype the command and added an "1386" architecture instead of an "i386"? If so you should be able to remove that architecture with

sudo sudo dpkg --remove-architecture 1386

and then add the proper i386 architecture:

sudo sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

(this architecture is possibly already there anyway)

answered Jun 01 '16 at 07:34

xenoid

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Thanks a lot, that works. I understand what it means know – Michael Zapata Jun 01 '16 at 15:20

apt-get update fails complaining about architecture 1386

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