N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository

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trebor
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N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository

Post by trebor » Mon Apr 13, 2020 11:41 am

How do I eliminate this error on a Ubuntu 18.04 machine?

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will@elm:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for will:
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/iconnor/zoneminder-1.32/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian bionic InRelease
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB]
Hit:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Ign:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb stable InRelease
Ign:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Get:8 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]
Hit:9 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-remote-desktop/deb stable Release
Hit:10 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Fetched 252 kB in 1s (261 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up-to-date.
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://as-repository.openvpn.net/as/debian bionic InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
will@elm:~$

colej
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Re: N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository

Post by colej » Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:03 am

check your archit.
dpkg --print-architecture
if is amd64, you have 64bit system

remove openvpn.list from /etc/apt/sources.list.d
then
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update

mrtabaa
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Re: N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository

Post by mrtabaa » Sat Jul 31, 2021 8:34 pm

Thanks for the tip colej. Here's how to remove the file in case someone needs.
Mine is openvpn3 not openvpn so,

Terminal:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn3.list

rkrell
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Re: N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository

Post by rkrell » Thu May 05, 2022 8:10 am

Why removing this file? It is the official APT source for being up to date with OpenVPN 3.

The correct solution is mentioned here:
https://openvpn.net/vpn-server-resource ... ss-server/

For example for Debian 11 with no mult-architecture support configured, it should contain a line like this:

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deb [arch=amd64] https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/openvpn3/repos bullseye main

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