dependencies - Cannot install Adobe or Skype due to ia32-libs error

I don't usually post on such forums, but I finally gave up on figuring out what's going on here and I need some help.

I need to install Adobe Reader. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 Precise x64 on Intel Core 2 Duo:

$ uname -a
Linux Edison 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I get the following error by attempting to "sudo apt-get install acroread":

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 acroread : Depends: ia32-libs (>= 20080808) but it is not going to be installed
            Depends: nspluginwrapper but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

If I try to install "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs", I get:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Finally, if I try to install "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch", I get:

ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 : Depends: bluez-alsa:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                            Depends: libgettextpo0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                            Depends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                            Depends: gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 but it is not going to be installed
                            Depends: gtk2-engines:i386 but it is not going to be installed
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Does anyone have any idea what's going on?