x86_64 and i586 packages

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#1

Hello everyone,

Today while rummaging in my repos with zypper I noticed that I have in all repos duplicate x86_64 and i568 packages installed. Which makes me wonder if this is a necessity or a duplication error?

[zypper lr
Repository priorities are without effect. All enabled repositories share the same priority.

#  | Alias                               | Name                | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh
---+-------------------------------------+---------------------+---------+-----------+--------
 1 | fonts                               | fonts               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 2 | games                               | games               | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 3 | http-download.opensuse.org-1da10684 | X11:XOrg            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 4 | http-download.opensuse.org-370efad8 | X11:windowmanagers  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 5 | http-download.opensuse.org-4f25f6ea | home:mrbadguy       | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 6 | http-download.opensuse.org-a0fd9cb6 | security:privacy    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 7 | http-download.opensuse.org-ca9d9af7 | openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 8 | http-download.opensuse.org-cba57e7d | openSUSE:Factory    | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
 9 | http-download.opensuse.org-e05a7884 | home:syntobu        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
10 | http-download.opensuse.org-ee33a03c | games:tools         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
11 | namtracfont                         | namtracfont         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
12 | packman                             | packman             | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
13 | repo-debug                          | repo-debug          | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
14 | repo-non-oss                        | repo-non-oss        | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
15 | repo-oss                            | repo-oss            | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes    
16 | repo-src-non-oss                    | repo-src-non-oss    | No      | ----      | ----   
17 | repo-src-oss                        | repo-src-oss        | No      | ----      | ----   
18 | repo-update                         | repo-update         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes /CODE]

tim@t420  ~  zypper pa -ir 18
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
S | Repository | Name | Version | Arch
—±------------±-----------------±-------------±------
i+ | repo-update | Mesa | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-dri | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-dri | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-dri-nouveau | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-dri-nouveau | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-gallium | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-gallium | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-libEGL1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-libEGL1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-libGL1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-libGL1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-libglapi0 | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-libglapi0 | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | Mesa-libva | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | Mesa-libva | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | libgbm1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | libgbm1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | libvdpau_nouveau | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | libvdpau_nouveau | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586
i+ | repo-update | libwayland-egl1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | x86_64
v | repo-update | libwayland-egl1 | 18.0.0-187.1 | i586



I would put in the repo-oss but its very long. Can someone please advise?

 tim@t420  ~  inxi
CPU~Dual core Intel Core i5-2520M (-MT-MCP-) speed/max~797/3200 MHz Kernel~4.15.1-1-default x86_64 Up~2:04 Mem~2874.6/7754.6MB HDD~240.1GB(9.8% used) Procs~233 Client~Shell inxi~2.3.56
#2

I’m not sure why the zypper lr list isn’t displaying properly? Also in the other repos both versions have the (v) tag.

#3

Need 32bit libs/apps to run 32 bit software

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#4

Those i586 packages are not installed.
‘v’ means available, ‘i’ means installed.

And you don’t need all those repos on Tumbleweed, in particular remove openSUSE:Factory, openSUSE:Tumbleweed (both are the same as repo-oss) and [noparse]X11:XOrg[/noparse] (you get the latest XOrg and Mesa versions in the standard repo anyway).

#5

PS: the i586 packages are available in the repos because Tumbleweed is available as 32bit version too.

#6

Thanks wolfi323 again, you always have the good information. The repos just continue to grow as I install programs, usually I use zypper but sometimes yast and it seems to add them.

#7

Thanks gogalthop, I’ll try to get the hang of it.

#8

No. YaST or zypper don’t add any repos just because you install programs.

But, if you use a 1-click install, it will add the corresponding repo(s) as well by default (unless you deselect them in the dialog).

Still, you don’t need those repos I mentioned. The rest may contain additionaly packages that are not in the standard repos, I haven’t checked.

#9

You are correct wolfi323, it was 1-click install.

I have removed the unneeded repos, thanks.