With a bit more information: Beginning to order Done ordering PreDepends order for base-files:amd64 Found ok package mawk:amd64 SmartConfigure base-files:amd64 DepAdd: base-files:amd64 PreDepends order for module-init-tools:amd64 Found ok package dpkg:amd64 PreDepends order for mountall:amd64 Found ok package dpkg:amd64 PreDepends order for libasound2:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libasound2:amd64 Found ok package dpkg:amd64 PreDepends order for libasound2:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libasound2:i386 Found ok package dpkg:amd64 PreDepends order for libc6-dbg:amd64 Found ok package dpkg:amd64 SmartConfigure libc-bin:amd64 DepAdd: libc-bin:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 DepAdd: libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 PreDepends order for libudev0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libudev0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libattr1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libattr1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libattr1:amd64 DepAdd: libattr1:amd64 SmartConfigure libattr1:i386 DepAdd: libattr1:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libattr1:i386 PreDepends order for libacl1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libacl1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libacl1:amd64 DepAdd: libacl1:amd64 SmartConfigure libacl1:i386 DepAdd: libacl1:i386 DepAdd: libattr1:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libattr1:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libacl1:i386 PreDepends order for debconf:amd64 Found ok package perl-base:amd64 SmartConfigure debconf:amd64 DepAdd: debconf:amd64 PreDepends order for libpam0g:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libpam0g:amd64 DepAdd: libpam0g:amd64 PreDepends order for libsepol1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libselinux1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libselinux1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libselinux1:amd64 DepAdd: libselinux1:amd64 SmartConfigure libselinux1:i386 DepAdd: libselinux1:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libselinux1:i386 SmartConfigure libpam-modules-bin:amd64 DepAdd: libpam-modules-bin:amd64 PreDepends order for libpam-modules:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 PreDepends order for libpam-modules:amd64 Found ok package libdb5.1:amd64 PreDepends order for libpam-modules:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libpam0g:amd64 SmartConfigure libpam0g:amd64 PreDepends order for libpam-modules:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libselinux1:amd64 SmartConfigure libselinux1:amd64 SmartConfigure libselinux1:i386 DepAdd: libselinux1:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libselinux1:i386 PreDepends order for libpam-modules:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure debconf:amd64 SmartConfigure debconf:amd64 PreDepends order for libpam-modules:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libpam-modules-bin:amd64 SmartConfigure libpam-modules-bin:amd64 SmartConfigure libpam-modules:amd64 DepAdd: libpam-modules:amd64 PreDepends order for debianutils:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 SmartConfigure debianutils:amd64 DepAdd: debianutils:amd64 SmartConfigure passwd:amd64 DepAdd: passwd:amd64 PreDepends order for libuuid1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libuuid1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libuuid1:amd64 DepAdd: libuuid1:amd64 SmartConfigure libuuid1:i386 DepAdd: libuuid1:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libuuid1:i386 PreDepends order for libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 DepAdd: libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 PreDepends order for perl-base:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:amd64 SmartConfigure libc6:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 PreDepends order for perl-base:amd64 Found ok package dpkg:amd64 SmartConfigure perl-base:amd64 DepAdd: perl-base:amd64 PreDepends order for liblocale-gettext-perl:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure perl-base:amd64 SmartConfigure perl-base:amd64 PreDepends order for liblocale-gettext-perl:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure perl-base:amd64 SmartConfigure perl-base:amd64 PreDepends order for libbz2-1.0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libbz2-1.0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libbz2-1.0:amd64 DepAdd: libbz2-1.0:amd64 SmartConfigure libbz2-1.0:i386 DepAdd: libbz2-1.0:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libbz2-1.0:i386 PreDepends order for libdb5.1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libdb5.1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libdb5.1:amd64 DepAdd: libdb5.1:amd64 SmartConfigure libdb5.1:i386 DepAdd: libdb5.1:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libdb5.1:i386 PreDepends order for zlib1g:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for zlib1g:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure zlib1g:amd64 DepAdd: zlib1g:amd64 SmartConfigure zlib1g:i386 DepAdd: zlib1g:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: zlib1g:i386 PreDepends order for libsensors4:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libssl1.0.0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libssl1.0.0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libssl1.0.0:amd64 DepAdd: libssl1.0.0:amd64 SmartConfigure libssl1.0.0:i386 DepAdd: libssl1.0.0:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libssl1.0.0:i386 PreDepends order for libavahi-common3:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libavahi-common3:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libdbus-1-3:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libdbus-1-3:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libavahi-client3:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libavahi-client3:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libatk1.0-0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libatk1.0-0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libfreetype6:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libfreetype6:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libpixman-1-0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libpixman-1-0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxau6:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxau6:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxdmcp6:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxdmcp6:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxcb1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxcb1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libx11-6:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libx11-6:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxcb-render0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxcb-render0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxcb-shm0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxcb-shm0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libcairo2:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libcairo2:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libexif12:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libexif12:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxml2:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libxml2:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libcroco3:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libcroco3:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libdatrie1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libdatrie1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libthai0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libthai0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libpango1.0-0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libpango1.0-0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for librsvg2-2:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for librsvg2-2:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libltdl7:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libltdl7:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libflac8:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libflac8:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libsndfile1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libsndfile1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libpulse0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libpulse0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for liborc-0.4-0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for liborc-0.4-0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libsamplerate0:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libsamplerate0:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libspeexdsp1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libspeexdsp1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libtdb1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libtdb1:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libx11-xcb1:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libncursesw5:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libncursesw5:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libtinfo5:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libtinfo5:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 SmartConfigure libtinfo5:amd64 DepAdd: libtinfo5:amd64 SmartConfigure libtinfo5:i386 DepAdd: libtinfo5:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libtinfo5:i386 PreDepends order for libncurses5:amd64 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libncurses5:amd64 Trying to SmartConfigure libtinfo5:amd64 SmartConfigure libtinfo5:amd64 SmartConfigure libtinfo5:i386 DepAdd: libtinfo5:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libtinfo5:i386 PreDepends order for libncurses5:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:amd64 PreDepends order for libncurses5:i386 Trying to SmartConfigure libtinfo5:i386 SmartConfigure libtinfo5:i386 DepAdd: libtinfo5:i386 DepAdd: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libc6:i386 DepAdd FAILS on: libtinfo5:i386 E: Couldn't configure pre-depend libtinfo5 for libncurses5, probably a dependency cycle. I suspect this may be: * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc: - do not fail on unpacked packages in SmartUnPack, just don't shedule them for unpack, but do all checks and configure them - do not enter an endless loop for (essential) pre-dependency loops