Errors when installing wine in ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Question

I have followed the below procedures to install wine in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa 
apt-get update 
apt-get install -y wine

However, I see the below error messages:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed

 wine : Depends: wine1.6 but it is not going to be installed or
                 wine1.8 but it is not going to be installed

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

After I did a check on the system, unity-control-center has already been installed. And I encounter the same error message when trying to install wine1.6.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks!

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According to A.B.'s suggestions, these are the outputs:

lsb_release -a

LSB Version:    core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core- 3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release:    14.04
Codename:   trusty

uname -a

Linux yiliang-PORTEGE-Z930 3.19.0-43-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 31 15:44:49 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

apt-get install libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libcheese-gtk23 is already the newest version.
libcheese7 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

apt-get install wine1.8

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 wine1.8 : Depends: wine1.8-i386 (= 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

The output of

apt-cache policy wine wine1.6 wine 1.8 unity-control-center libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7

is very long and can be accessed from here.

wine:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
     1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

wine1.6:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
     1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

wine1.8:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
     1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

unity-control-center:
  Installed: 14.04.3+14.04.20150916-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 14.04.3+14.04.20150916-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 14.04.3+14.04.20150916-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     14.04.3+14.04.20140410-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

libcheese-gtk23:
  Installed: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.10.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

libcheese7:
  Installed: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.10.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

wine1.8-i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:

Try sudo apt-get clean and then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wine — d a i s y, Jan 08 '16 at 05:12
[Edit] your question and add the output of lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy wine wine1.6 wine 1.8 unity-control-center libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7; sudo apt-get install libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7; sudo apt-get install wine1.8 — A.B., Jan 09 '16 at 10:26
A strange thing is, that wine1.8-i386 isn't available (output of apt-cache policy). Please run sudo apt-get update and add the full output here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/ and give me the link. After that, run apt-cache policy wine1.8-i386 again give me the output, too. Leave a comment with @A.B. — A.B., Jan 10 '16 at 15:23
@A.B. The output of apt-get update can be accessed: http://paste.ubuntu.com/14464204/ — Yiliang, Jan 10 '16 at 23:34
@A.B. The output of apt-cachepolicy is here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/14464236/ — Yiliang, Jan 10 '16 at 23:35
The good thing, wine1.8-386 is now shown in the output of apt-cache policy. The bad, you have some errors during the sudo apt-get update. Let's try to correct this using the main server for the repositories with the following commands. sudo sed -i 's|://sg\.|://|' /etc/apt/sources.list; sudo apt-get update and give me the output. — A.B., Jan 11 '16 at 06:50
@A.B. The output is here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/14468587/. There is no error this time. — Yiliang, Jan 11 '16 at 11:59
@A.B. Then I try to install wine1.8 again: and get the same error message : http://paste.ubuntu.com/14468606/ — Yiliang, Jan 11 '16 at 12:04
Let's continue with: sudo apt-get install wine1.8-i386=1.8.0-0ubuntu1 and again the output please. — A.B., Jan 11 '16 at 13:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '16 at 02:22

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You need to enable 32-bit support within apt on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit in order to successfully install wine:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine

answered May 26 '16 at 02:22

ericdagenais

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Why? I have installed it on 64-bit system without enabling 322-bit support. What is the basis of your answer? – Mostafa Ahangarha May 26 '16 at 06:19
@MostafaAhangarha: On Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, the wine package via the OP's ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa includes the wine1.8-i386 package as a dependency which apt-get does not permit as it's a x86 32-bit package. I was able to reproduce this issue and the above worked.
This link lists the dependencies for wine1.8:

Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.17), wine1.8-amd64 (= 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1), binfmt-support (>= 1.1.2), procps, wine1.8-i386 (= 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1)
– ericdagenais May 27 '16 at 22:08
Another very similar issue & answer – ericdagenais May 27 '16 at 22:31

mukit khan · Answer 2 · 2016-01-08T05:34:03.133

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you can try the following first:

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Then,

To install Wine, open the terminal by hitting ‘CTRL + ALT + T‘ from the desktop and run the following commands one-by-one on the terminal.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.8
sudo apt-get install winetricks

edited Jan 08 '16 at 05:34

answered Jan 08 '16 at 05:05

mukit khan

1

Thanks for the reply. However, the problem still exists. Actually, there is are some warnings when I do: apt-get update – Yiliang Jan 08 '16 at 07:05
W: Failed to fetch http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch
W: Failed to fetch http://sg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en Hash Sum mismatch

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
– Yiliang Jan 08 '16 at 07:06
Now when installing wine1.8, it complains: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies: wine1.8 : Depends: wine1.8-i386 (= 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1) E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
– Yiliang Jan 08 '16 at 07:12
But when I try to install wine1.8-i386, it complains about some more packages that are not installed... – Yiliang Jan 08 '16 at 07:13
Why would your answer help? Everything in your answer would lead to the same error messages. – A.B. Jan 09 '16 at 11:34

Paul Samuel · Answer 3 · 2016-01-09T04:08:58.793

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open the Terminal and execute the command one by one:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install wine

hope this command is useful

edited Jan 09 '16 at 04:08

answered Jan 08 '16 at 07:29

Paul Samuel

9

1

As it stands, this list of commands is useless. The last command is incomplete, the update command has already just been run according to the question, and I doubt the others will help anything in this situation. Please elaborate your answer and complete the commands and explain why this should solve the problem. – Byte Commander Jan 08 '16 at 22:30

Errors when installing wine in ubuntu 14.04 LTS

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