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I have installed Lubuntu 14.04 on my old 15" PowerBook G4, 32-bit laptop, and am now trying to install Wine HQ software so that I can use windows 32-bit programs. I keep getting the following error:

Failed to fetch https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease
Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-powerpc/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)
Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I am not a developer and this is my first time trying Ubuntu, so it would be great to get clear step-by-step instructions on what I need to do... if a solution is possible? I have managed to install WiFi drivers and resolve a few other errors by reading the Q&As on this site, but have not found a solution to the above error. If the problem could be solved by changing to another version of Lubuntu or another distro, I could also try that. Please give me your recommendations :-)

Zanna
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roaster
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  • wine only has amd64 and i386 versions. – ravery Nov 20 '17 at 10:57
  • “now trying to install Wine HQ software so that I can use windows 32-bit programs” Wine can't magically convert instructions across totally different architectures (PPC and x86). See also: https://wiki.winehq.org/MacOS_FAQ#Will_there_be_a_PowerPC_version_.28or_will_there_be_a_way_to_run_Wine_on_a_PowerPC_processor.29.3F – Andrea Lazzarotto Nov 20 '17 at 11:54

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The repository you're using does not include package for the PowerPC platform your Powerbook uses. It only supports i386 (for 32bit pcs) and amd64 (for 64bit pcs).

The reason is likely that the original wine does not really support running on PowerPC platforms.

Florian Heinle
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  • Thanks Florian. But my PowerBook G4 is a 32 bit computer? Also the same error appears when I try to download other programs so it’s not specific to Wine. Can you advise how to fix the error? Or is there another program like Wine that I can run on my PowerBook? My objective is to run some crypto mining software on the PowerBook so if you (or anyone else) can recommend a miner that works then that would be a big help. Currently I’m stuck with this :-( – roaster Nov 21 '17 at 14:31
  • @roaster the fact that your laptop uses 32bit data types does not matter. It has a PowerPC architecture and the software you are trying to run (Wine) is made for a x86 (Intel-compatible) architecture. – Andrea Lazzarotto Jan 30 '18 at 21:45