package wine1.4 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/wine/fonts/marlett.ttf', which is also in package fonts-wine 1.8.7-1ubuntu1

[Ian McGee]

lenovo laptop running ubuntu 17.04 with all current updates. tried to install wine via package manager fails and doesnt install, installing via the command line brings several issues including this one

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: wine1.4 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-generic 4.10.11
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 26 10:45:47 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:wine1.4:(not installed)
 Unpacking wine1.4-amd64 (1.4-0ubuntu4) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-pIylbC/40-wine1.4-amd64_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/propsys.dll.so', which is also in package libwine:amd64 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/wine/fonts/marlett.ttf', which is also in package fonts-wine 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-15 (40 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
 apt 1.4
SourcePackage: wine1.4
Title: package wine1.4 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/wine/fonts/marlett.ttf', which is also in package fonts-wine 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ian McGee (ian-imcgee)]

cant remove or purge the package from the system either

[Ian McGee (ian-imcgee)]

me@computer:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 wine : Depends: wine1.4
 wine1.4-common : Depends: wine1.4 (= 1.4-0ubuntu4)
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[Ian McGee (ian-imcgee)]

sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libgsm1:i386 liblcms2-2:i386 libodbc1:i386 libosmesa6:i386 libpcap0.8:i386
  libwine:i386 linux-headers-4.10.0-19 linux-headers-4.10.0-19-generic
  linux-image-4.10.0-19-generic linux-image-extra-4.10.0-19-generic
  ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-i386:i386
Recommended packages:
  ttf-droid wine-gecko1.4 wine-gecko1.4:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed
  wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-i386:i386
0 to upgrade, 3 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
76 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/42.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 216 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-i386:i386 wine1.4
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 248617 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../wine1.4-amd64_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking wine1.4-amd64 (1.4-0ubuntu4) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4-amd64_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wine/libmpr.def', which is also in package libwine-dev:amd64 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to unpack .../wine1.4-i386_1.4-0ubuntu4_i386.deb ...
Unpacking wine1.4-i386:i386 (1.4-0ubuntu4) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4-i386_1.4-0ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/wine/fakedlls/acledit.dll', which is also in package libwine:i386 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to unpack .../wine1.4_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking wine1.4 (1.4-0ubuntu4) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/wine/fonts/marlett.ttf', which is also in package fonts-wine 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4-amd64_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4-i386_1.4-0ubuntu4_i386.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.4_1.4-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Ian McGee (ian-imcgee)]

sudo apt-get purge wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 wine1.4-common : Depends: wine1.4 (= 1.4-0ubuntu4)
 winetricks : Depends: wine
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[Ian McGee (ian-imcgee)]

installing wine has broken the update process

sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 wine : Depends: wine1.4
 wine1.4-common : Depends: wine1.4 (= 1.4-0ubuntu4)
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[Ian McGee (ian-imcgee)]

to be read in conjuntion with

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.4/+bug/1693753

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml