can't install wine

[rybnik]

sudo apt-get install wine returns the following error message

[sudo] password for sam: 
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 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I don't know what this means.

[vinnywright]

try this and see if you get more info on what held packages

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

if this completes with some upgrades then try installing wine again

VINNY

[rybnik]

I ran the commands you gave, and then I again ran sudo apt-get install wine which, this time, returned the following.

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 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

(same error message as before)

[vinnywright]

and if you

sudo apt-get -f install

?

VINNY

[claydoh]

What's the output of these:

apt-cache policy wine

and

apt-cache policy wine1.6

[vsreeser]

I ran the commands you gave, and then I again ran sudo apt-get install wine which, this time, returned the following.

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 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

(same error message as before)

Did you use sudo apt-get install wine or sudo apt-get install wine1.7?
The first would usually produce an error about not being found unless some previous install (or piece of install) exists. Before anything else

sudo apt-get remove -purge wine*

Then run

sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get install -f'

This fixes most problems. I actually created an alias in .bashrc

alias fixbroken='sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get install -f'

Followed by

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reboot for good luck and then try install again. If that fails, threaten the computer. Tell it you'll turn it into Hillary Clinton's curling iron..

Question: Why are you installing wine1.6 when 1.7 is the current?

[claydoh]

Did you use sudo apt-get install wine or sudo apt-get install wine1.7?
The first would usually produce an error about not being found unless some previous install (or piece of install) exists. Before anything else

sudo apt-get remove -purge wine*

Then run

sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get install -f'

This fixes most problems. I actually created an alias in .bashrc

alias fixbroken='sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get install -f'

Followed by

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reboot for good luck and then try install again. If that fails, threaten the computer. Tell it you'll turn it into Hillary Clinton's curling iron..

Question: Why are you installing wine1.6 when 1.7 is the current?

OP is likely having a package conflict issue, which probably will not be solved by the usual apt commands.
wine1.7 isn't even in the Wily repos, let alone in previous releases. Installing the 'wine' metapackage pulls in wine1.6 and all the other bits needed to have a running Wine, but here for some reason that wine1.6 being called won't install - probably due to a conflict down the chain. Finding the versions of what's available in the OP's package database will help start figuring out what's going on.

[rybnik]

and if you
Code:

sudo apt-get -f install

?

VINNY

That returns:

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 but it is not going to be installed or
                 wine1.7 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[claydoh]

Again:

What's the output of these:

apt-cache policy wine

and

apt-cache policy wine1.6

[rybnik]

What's the output of these:

Code:

apt-cache policy wine

wine:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:1.7.55-0ubuntu1
Version table:
1:1.7.55-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

and
Code:

apt-cache policy wine1.6

wine1.6:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4
Version table:
1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

[rybnik]

@vsreeser

Right, after some googling I tried apt-get install wine1.6 (and 1.7)

same errors as just using wine in the command

[sithlord48]

you will need to find the held or broken package that is holding you up you might be able to find it using muon (package manager) or synaptic
if not try this https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...ailed-Upgrades

[vinnywright]

what do you get with

sudo apt-get check

VINNY

[claydoh]

wine:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:1.7.55-0ubuntu1
Version table:
1:1.7.55-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages


wine1.6:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4
Version table:
1:1.6.2-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

You didn't mention the ppa.
If nothing else works, I'd suggest removing it using ppa-purge, and then seeing if the problems are solved without it.

sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

[rybnik]

what do you get with
Code:

sudo apt-get check

VINNY

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done