Trouble with libc6-dev-i386
 

Hello,

I'm trying to install Geant4, but before I had to do that I had to install libc6-dev-i386 but I got a message

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package libc6-dev-i386

So I tried libc6-dev-amd64 and it worked just fine. Then when I went to install Geant4 everything was fine for a while and then it gave me about 29 errors that all said basically the same thing and they looked like this

make[1]: *** [/home/myconid/Geant4/geant4.9.3.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4processes.so] Error 1
Nothing to be done for libG4parmodels in gflash/.
Creating global shared library /home/myconid/Geant4/geant4.9.3.p01/lib/Linux-g++/libG4parmodels.so ...
collect2: ld terminated with signal 11 [Segmentation fault]
/usr/bin/ld: i386:x86-64 architecture of input file `G4gflash/GFlashEnergySpot.o' is incompatible with i386 output

The bottom two lines get repeated for several different files I just put one in to save space though.

I don't understand what is wrong here, if someone can clue me in it would be much appreciated.

Welcome to LQ. .. .. :) ..

Not quite clear, why you mention libc6-dev-i386, when you have a 64 bits Ubuntu ?
libc6-dev is automatically installed, when you install g++.
Is any 32 bits 'binutils' / 'g++-multilib' installed ? ? And why ?
Your errors seems to indicate an impossible situation :
The "64 bits linker (ld)" is used to link objcts created by a "32 bits g++".


Building the files .....
1) First the install of the CLHEP libraries :
cd 2.1.0.0/CLHEP/ && ./configure && make && sudo make install && exit
2) Geant4
cd geant4.9.3.p01/ && ./Configure -build

Which configuration are you using ? And which commands ?
http://geant4.cern.ch/support/index.shtml
http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/Use...tml/index.html

......
Ubuntu, is based on "Debian Sid".
I used the 64 bits Debian Sid for the Geant4 build test. Got no errors at all.
Which Ubuntu are you using ? ?
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...Ask_a_Question
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
..

Thanks knudfl for trying to help.

I actually figured out what was going on. First of all a colleague explained some things to me about Linux so I think it's a little clearer to me how this works. Second, I did not go to Geant4's website to download Geant4 I was actually given Geant4 from another colleague. What I was given was incomplete, however, and I actually began getting a lot of nonsensical errors. So I just started again from scratch and everything works fine now.
Thanks again.