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I used this command to add i386 arch:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

And then imediately after without installing any packages I tried to remove the i386 arch like so:

sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 

And i got the error:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database 

Solutions I have seen so far involve removing i386 packages, I havn't installed any, the ones that are installed are vital to the functioning of the OS. What do I do?

Edit

Turns out that 64-bit Linux OSes already include the i386 arch, so the command sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 didn't really do anything.

I used this command to add i386 arch:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

And then immediately after without installing any packages I tried to remove the i386 arch like so:

sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 

And i got the error:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database 

Solutions I have seen so far involve removing i386 packages, I haven't installed any, the ones that are installed are vital to the functioning of the OS. What do I do?

EDIT, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TO AVOID DESTROYING YOUR OS:

Turns out that 64-bit Linux OSes already include the i386 arch, so the command sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 didn't really do anything.

I used this command to add i386 arch:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

And then imediately after without installing any packages I tried to remove the i386 arch like so:

sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 

And i got the error:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database 

Solutions I have seen so far involve removing i386 packages, I havn't installed any, the ones that are installed are vital to the functioning of the OS. What do I do?

Edit

Turns out that 64-bit Linux OSes already include the i386 arch, so the command sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 didn't really do anything.

I used this command to add i386 arch:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

And then imediately after without installing any packages I tried to remove the i386 arch like so:

sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 

And i got the error:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database 

Solutions I have seen so far involve removing i386 packages, I havn't installed any, the ones that are installed are vital to the functioning of the OS. What do I do?

Edit

Turns out that 64-bit Linux OSes already include the i386 arch, so the command sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 didn't really do anything.

I used this command to add i386 arch:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

And then imediately after without installing any packages I tried to remove the i386 arch like so:

sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 

And i got the error:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database 

Solutions I have seen so far involve removing i386 packages, I havn't installed any, the ones that are installed are vital to the functioning of the OS. What do I do?

Edit

Turns out that 64-bit Linus OSes already include the i386 arch, so the command sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 didn't really do anything.

I used this command to add i386 arch:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 

And then imediately after without installing any packages I tried to remove the i386 arch like so:

sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i386 

And i got the error:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'i386' currently in use by the database 

Solutions I have seen so far involve removing i386 packages, I havn't installed any, the ones that are installed are vital to the functioning of the OS. What do I do?

Edit

Turns out that 64-bit Linux OSes already include the i386 arch, so the command sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 didn't really do anything.