[RESOLVED] Can't get WineHQ staging to install in Kubuntu 22.04...

[jnessman]

Hello, long story short I did a complete fresh install of Kubuntu with all updates as of 9/15/2022. But, now I can't get WineHQ staging to install, which has always been very easy in the past. Here is a copy and past of the terminal window to show what's going on. Sure hope someone can help as I can't install some windows electronic apps that I use in Kubuntu until I get this fixed/solved. Thanks ahead time and it's appreciated...

*** Please note that I had to remove external links as I received a sorry not allowed to post external links at this time


W: GPG error: ... InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 76F1A20FF987672F
E: The repository ... jammy InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
linuxuser1@linux-laptop-1:~$ sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-staging
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package winehq-staging
linuxuser1@linux-laptop-1:~$

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I followed the instructions shown at the WineHQ website like normal and double/triple checked type thing. When 22.04 first came out I had to switch from 'stable' to 'staging'. Now, for some reason 'staging' isn't working..

Thanks again...
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[Snowhog]

The NO_PUBKEY is easily fixed by running:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 76F1A20FF987672F

As to E: Unable to locate package winehq-staging see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405...table-on-22-04

[kc1di]

Hi, Welcome to the Forums and Kubuntu. Have had nothing but problems here with WineHQ repositories. and Do not recommend them for use with Kubuntu /ubuntu.

I use playonlinux it allows you to install many various wine versions.. at the same time if need be. It's in the repository. do a search for it with Muon. Once installed go to tools menu and Manage wine version. You can install 32bit and 64bit wine versions from there. All the way back to version 0.9.7 to version 7.11. See here for more details. https://www.playonlinux.com/en/
Good luck.

[GreyGeek]

Here is another way:

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key && sudo apt-key add winehq.key && sudo apt update

or

sudo wget -nc -O /usr/share/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key

[claydoh]

Go to the source
https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

apt-key is deprecated (not a new thing, nor an Ubuntu-specific one since this is a Debian thing) though it should still work in most cases.
it doesn't seem to work with WineHQ's keys.
If following the website directions do not work (or adding the missing keys in the 'old' way) , then you will have to go and pester WineHQ
I think it is a problem on their end. I was attempting to assist someone on Reddit last night with the same issue on a Neon 22.04 system, though they were using the previous apt-key adv method. Using the instructions from the website did not work.
Oddly, I had no issue on my upgraded system

[jnessman]

Sorry for the late update...

This finally fixed itself or I should say the updating WineHQ had going on completed and things installed properly. Moral of the story - next time have a little more patience as WineHQ is most likely on top of things