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philc

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Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

Since installing S4 Snapshot very recently in Q4OS Trixie KDE 6 this message has been displayed in Konsole when running sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade:

Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'https://q4os.sourceforge.io/qexarepo/s4-snapshot trixie-s4-snapshot-cn InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

Nothing adverse has been experienced, but presumably I shouldn't have any 32 bit content in the program?

q4osteam

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

You likely have multiarch i386 support enabled on your system. S4 does not support i386, which is why you’re seeing this message. This is harmless. Please run the following command in terminal:
$ qrepolist
and post back

Last edited by q4osteam (2026-03-26 12:38)

philc

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

deb http://q4os.org/q4repo/ q4os-6-0-cn main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://security.debian.org/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://q4os.sourceforge.io/qexarepo/s4-snapshot/ trixie-s4-snapshot-cn main
deb https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code/ stable main

q4osteam

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

You can edit "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/50_s4-snapshot-extq.list" and modify the deb line to:

deb [arch=amd64] https://q4os.sourceforge.io/qexarepo/s4-snapshot trixie-s4-snapshot-cn main

The message will disappear

q4osteam

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

By the way the repository:

deb https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code/ stable main

is alien and somewhat suspicious, make sure it's really Debian 13 Trixie compatible and safe.

philc

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

Thanks a lot, will do.

The repo you mention is for installing VS Code, which I did via its site https://code.visualstudio.com/download and Gdebi.  Is this OK?

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

The repo you mention is for installing VS Code, which I did via its site https://code.visualstudio.com/download and Gdebi.  Is this OK?

Hopefully. That should be ok, however we are not sure about this specific repo.

philc

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

Thanks. The message has disappeared.  On the subject of the repo, this is the correspondence with our Google AI friend:

"(philc); Thank you.  Is the repository that Gdebi stored for upgrades, deb https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code/ stable main, above suspicion too?

Yes, that repository is the official Microsoft-hosted update server and is considered above suspicion for several reasons:
Official Endpoint: The URL https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code/ is the standard, documented repository Microsoft uses for Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu.
Automatic Setup: When you install the official .deb file for VS Code, the installer (via a "post-install" script) automatically adds this specific repository to your system to handle future security patches and feature updates.
Cryptographic Security: All packages in this repository are GPG-signed. Even if someone tampered with the file on the server, your system's package manager (apt) would detect that the digital signature doesn't match and refuse to install the update.
Standard Naming: The "stable main" component indicates you are receiving the fully tested, stable builds rather than "insiders" (beta) versions.

Quick Verification
If you want to be certain your system is using the correct official key for this repository, you can check that the microsoft.gpg key is present in /usr/share/keyrings/ or that the repository file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list (or similar) is correctly configured.

Important Tip: If you ever see a warning about a "Missing GPG Key" when running sudo apt update, it is usually because the repository was added without its corresponding security key. You can safely re-add the official key following Microsoft's official Linux setup guide."

Last edited by philc (2026-03-26 13:45)

q4osteam

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Re: Message about i386 in Konsole since installing S4 Snapshot

That sounds well, however keep in mind. If you add any repository that is not strictly Debian 13 Trixie compatible, even if you trust it, it may break package dependencies unless it's carefully and consistently maintained by its developers. This Microsoft repository appears to be designed to support multiple Debian versions and even different distributions simultaneously, so we are somewhat skeptical about it.