How do I get Wine working on Ubuntu?

[iamdarkyoshi]

Here is where I am at so far...

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo 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) but it is not installable
           Recommends: gnome-exe-thumbnailer but it is not going to be installed or
                       kde-runtime but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: ttf-mscorefonts-installer but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: fonts-horai-umefont but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: fonts-unfonts-core but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: ttf-wqy-microhei
           Recommends: winetricks but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

 

I am such a friggin linux n00b

[Catbirby]

sudo apt-get install wine
should work, the 1.8 may be missing certain files.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, Lunar_skies said:

sudo apt-get install wine
should work, the 1.8 may be missing certain files.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install wine
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:
 wine : Depends: wine1.6 or
                 wine1.8 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ 

 

[Benergy]

3 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Here is where I am at so far...

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo 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) but it is not installable
           Recommends: gnome-exe-thumbnailer but it is not going to be installed or
                       kde-runtime but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: ttf-mscorefonts-installer but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: fonts-horai-umefont but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: fonts-unfonts-core but it is not going to be installed
           Recommends: ttf-wqy-microhei
           Recommends: winetricks but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

 

 

I am such a friggin linux n00b

It says you're missing other dependencies, first of all try a :

 

sudo apt-get update

 

Followed by a:

 

sudo apt-get upgrade

 

If it still doesn't work, the missing packages are listed in that error, so you can just install them first manually.

 

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, Benergy said:

It says you're missing other dependencies, first of all try a :

 

sudo apt-get update

 

Followed by a:

 

sudo apt-get upgrade

 

If it still doesn't work, the missing packages are listed in that error, so you can just install them first manually.

 

 

Still getting hung on

wine1.8 : Depends: wine1.8-i386 (= 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1) but it is not installable

 

[Benergy]

1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Still getting hung on

wine1.8 : Depends: wine1.8-i386 (= 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1) but it is not installable

 

Have you added the repository yet? Something like 

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

 

Then do another sudo apt-get update, then try installing again.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, Benergy said:

Have you added the repository yet? Something like 

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

 

Then do another sudo apt-get update, then try installing again.

Same issue. Trying  sudo apt-get install wine1.8-i386 results in

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package wine1.8-i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'wine1.8-i386' has no installation candidate
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ 

 

[Benergy]

Just now, iamdarkyoshi said:

Same issue. Trying  sudo apt-get install wine1.8-i386 results in

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package wine1.8-i386 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'wine1.8-i386' has no installation candidate
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ 

 

Are you running an old version of Ubuntu? That version of Wine may not be available for your version of Ubuntu, maybe try an older version (also sorry I have to go to work now but I can help when I get back in a few hours if you still need it)

[iamdarkyoshi]

Just now, Benergy said:

Are you running an old version of Ubuntu? That version of Wine may not be available for your version of Ubuntu, maybe try an older version (also sorry I have to go to work now but I can help when I get back in a few hours if you still need it)

Trying 1.6 gives me other errors, I have to go to college in a bit, so perhaps we can work on this tomorrow

[KaasKop]

Could you run 

apt-get install -f
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install wine1.8

And see if that fixes it.