Can't install WINE?

[sdibias]

I get the following error:

[color=red]~$ 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.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 wine: Depends: binfmt-support (>= 1.1.2) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages[/color]

Here are the instructions I followed:

[edit]
WINE
Latest install instructions are always at: WineHQ.org
Add repository key:
wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Add repository to apt sources:
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/...t.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

Update apt sources:
sudo apt-get update

Install WINE:
sudo apt-get install wine

Can anyone explain what I may be doing wrong here?

[sdibias]

Re: Can't install WINE?

Same issue reported on google groups with no resolution

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....dows.wine/brow

Err

[sdibias]

Re: Can't install WINE?

w00t!

I found this URL https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/154161

Follow these directions but substitute Synaptic for Adept (worked like a charm

<SNIPPET>
Repositories are in Ubuntu a huge server which contains thousands of programs and libraries all disposable to download and install in Ubuntu. Dependencies are all managed by synaptic in this incredible system. It makes installation of programs really easy and avoid incompatibilities or else.
From what I see, it's normal that you doesn't get to install wine because the ubuntu repositories are not activated. The only repositories that are activated are the Wine one, but you'll not be able to install dependencies if the Ubuntu repositories themself aren't enabled. Anyway, you doesn't need to add Wine repositories in order to install Wine because Wine is already in the Ubuntu repositories ( like most of all OS softwares ) so what you need to do is :
1. Open Synaptic and click on Settings / Repositories
2. Go to the Third Party tab and remove everything you find in that section ( except of course if there are some that you want to keep, but I suggest you to delete them all, including all Wine Budgetdedicated repositories )
3. Then go to Ubuntu Software tab and check everything, and click on Close
4. You're now back into Synaptic, and you can click on Reload to reload the list of packages.
5. Remove any Wine version you could have installed before re-installing it through synaptic, everything should work now.
See these screenshots :
http://upload.leservicetechnique.com/bugs/Synaptic1.png
http://upload.leservicetechnique.com/bugs/Synaptic2.png
http://upload.leservicetechnique.com/bugs/Synaptic3.png
Does that fix your issue?
Little trick : To install commonly used Windows Dlls in order to get better chance to bring Windows programs to work under Linux, I suggest you to download Wine-doors which will do all this work for you. You can find it here :
http://www.wine-doors.org/wordpress/?page_id=3
</SNIPPET>

[lammiano]

Re: Can't install WINE?

I am new to Ubuntu and I can't figure out how to install WINE. I'm running Kubuntu and don't have the Synaptic Manager - I have "Adept Manager" and it does not find WINE when I invoke the search. Is there a download that I can copy to my PC and then search for it there? Or is there another way to do it? AM I searching in the right place?

Thanks - Lou

[cantab]

Re: Can't install WINE?

Maybe you need to enable the 'universe' respository. Then I expect you'll find Wine, and quite probably binfmt too.

While Wine probably is in Ubuntu universe, it's probably not the most recent version. Wine moves pretty fast, so if programs don't work properly under the repos version, try getting the latest release. For example 0.9.54 was released Jan 25th, and (is hoped) will run photoshop CS/CS2

[lammiano]

Re: Can't install WINE?

How do I enable the universe repository?
I'm not really clear on what a repository is.
Any help is appreciated!
Is there a step-by-step that you can guide me through?
Thanks!

[leadwt]

Re: Can't install WINE?

Dunno about ewe, but my Synaptic don't have those tabs. Adept does though!