The idea there to install *.so symlinks manually might be a big help. For example, Debian wheezy does allow simultaneous install of libfreetype6:i386 and libfreetype6:amd64. (In fact, my system has those both installed now.) It is the -dev versions of those packages which cannot be simultaneously installed on Debian Wheezy. So the appropriate symlink may be all I need (for quite a few packages where the i386 library is installed, but not the -dev version with the symlink).
I will try this symlink idea (which takes me back to my first Linux install in 1996) later today after I get some sleep.
Thanks, Frédéric! I think this might work.
Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin
If you don't care about building anything 64 bit installing pkg-config:i386 while removing pkg-config:amd64 allows for libfreetype6-dev:i386 and libfontconfig1-dev:i386 to be installed without playing with symlinks. (Though maybe 64 bit building stuff still works after this? )
REalm