Cannot Install Wine on Linux Mint 11

[ftm]

Hi,

First off, I'm a newbie at Linux, but I have been "helping" myself get around, which seemed to do just the opposite. I have been trying and trying to install Wine from the Software Manager but have gotten nowhere, so I tried installing it using Synaptic. It told me to fix broken packages first, so I clicked on that option under the Edit menu, and this came up:

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

I need help please. Thanks.

[samriggs]

Hi ftm
Did you try
sudo apt-get update
in the terminal first to update the packages.
I know we get this error sometimes during installs when we first install lmde we do two commands which usually fix things
sudo apt-get update
then
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade <----- this is what we use for LMDE not sure if it is the same for LM11 though, although it should be.
I'm no expert but maybe the update might help, if not does it tell you what the dependencies are?
Hopefully someone with more experience in LM11 will help out as well, I just use LMDE.

Sam

[AlbertP]

To fix broken packages:

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apt install -f

On Mint 11, I'd prefer to use the updater (shield-like icon in the tray) instead of terminal to update things. Note that the second command has to be upgrade.
You can replace 'sudo apt-get' with 'apt' to get a much shorter command.

[samriggs]

Thanks Albert
Wanted to help out anyway I could, nice to see someone help out.

Thanks for the better way.
Sam

[AlbertP]

In case apt install -f does not work, you can also try this one:

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sudo dpkg --configure -a

Or if it still fails:

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apt clean

Then repeat apt install -f.

[ftm]

Thanks, Albert and Sam. I've pasted the results below:
After apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

After sudo apt update
Ign file: binary/ InRelease
Ign file: binary/ Release.gpg
Ign file: binary/ Release
Err file: binary/ Packages
File not found
Ign file: binary/ Translation-en_PH
Ign file: binary/ Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya InRelease
Hit http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease
Hit http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/main i386 Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org natty InRelease
Hit http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/upstream i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/import i386 Packages
Get:1 http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release.gpg [72 B]
Hit http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/backport i386 Packages
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/backport TranslationIndex
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/import TranslationIndex
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/upstream TranslationIndex
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty Release
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed InRelease
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/backport Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/backport Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/import Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/import Translation-en
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/main Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty Release
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/upstream Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp katya/upstream Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Get:2 http://archive.removed natty-removed Release.gpg [836 B]
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main i386 Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/free TranslationIndex
Get:3 http://archive.removed natty-removed Release [7,240 B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/non-free TranslationIndex
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en_PH
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net natty/main Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en_PH
Get:4 http://archive.removed natty-removed/apps i386 Packages [61.0 kB]
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com natty/main Translation-en
Get:5 http://archive.removed natty-removed/games i386 Packages [59.3 kB]
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed/apps TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed/games TranslationIndex
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed/apps Translation-en_PH
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed/apps Translation-en
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed/games Translation-en_PH
Ign http://archive.removed natty-removed/games Translation-en
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/free Translation-en_PH
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/free Translation-en
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/non-free Translation-en_PH
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org natty/non-free Translation-en
Err http://10.10.3.13 natty InRelease

Err http://10.10.3.13 natty-updates InRelease

Err http://10.10.3.13 natty-security InRelease

Err http://10.10.3.13 natty InRelease

Err http://10.10.3.13 natty Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
Err http://10.10.3.13 natty-updates Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
Err http://10.10.3.13 natty-security Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
Err http://10.10.3.13 natty Release.gpg
Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
Fetched 128 kB in 2min 0s (1,070 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu/dists/natty/InRelease
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu/dists/natty-updates/InRelease
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu/dists/natty-security/InRelease
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu-partner/dists/natty/InRelease
W: Failed to fetch file:/usr/share/local-repository/binary/Packages File not found
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu/dists/natty/Release.gpg Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu/dists/natty-up ... elease.gpg Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu/dists/natty-se ... elease.gpg Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
W: Failed to fetch http://10.10.3.13/ubuntu-partner/dists/ ... elease.gpg Unable to connect to 10.10.3.13:http:
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

After apt upgrade:
[sudo] password for it:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

I then tried to install Wine again through Synaptic and still got an error message:
The following packages have unresolvable dependencies. Make sure that all required repositories are added and enabled in the preferences.
wine:
Depends: wine1.3 but it is not going to be installed

What do I do next? I really appreciate your help.

[AlbertP]

There are some wrong addresses in your Software Sources. It tells you that 10.10.3.13 is not an accessible web site.

[ftm]

Hi Albert! Is there any way to update my source list, so I know what to replace the inaccessible addresses with?

[AlbertP]

Software Sources is a program in the menu, in the Administration category.

[naren]

i used apt-get install wine.
it worker but in the middle am getting error
"Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main winbind amd64 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.46 80]
Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/m ... _amd64.deb 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.88.46 80]
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?"

is there any other way to install wine

[AlbertP]

The Ubuntu repository is sometimes offline for a while. This is exactly what happened at you. If the problem persists, please run:

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apt update