$ 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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine : Depends: wine1.5 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.2.0-29 linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic wine-gecko1.7:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libasound2-plugins:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 wine-gecko1.4 wine-gecko1.4:i386 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-common wine1.4-i386:i386
Suggested packages:
jackd2:i386 dosbox
Recommended packages:
gettext:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libasound2-plugins:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 wine-gecko1.4 wine-gecko1.4:i386 wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-common wine1.4-i386:i386
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 74.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 249 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5
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:
wine1.5 : Depends: wine1.5-i386 (= 1.5.11-0ubuntu1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
So looks like wine1.4 actually works. Also, here's more output from my attempts to install wine1.5, in case it's useful:
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5-i386
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:
wine1.5-i386:i386 : Depends: wine1.5:any:i386 (= 1.5.10-0ubuntu1~pulse19+build4) Recommends: gettext:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libsane:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5:any:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'wine1.5:i386' instead of 'wine1.5:any:i386'
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:
wine1.5:i386 : Depends: wine1.5-i386:i386 (= 1.5.10-0ubuntu1~pulse19+build4) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: cups-bsd:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gnome-exe-thumbnailer:i386 but it is not installable or kde-runtime:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: ttf-droid:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: ttf-liberation:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: ttf-mscorefonts-installer:i386 Recommends: ttf-umefont:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: ttf-unfonts-core:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: ttf-wqy-microhei:i386 but it is not installable Recommends: winbind:i386 Recommends: winetricks:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: xdg-utils:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5-i386:i386
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:
wine1.5-i386:i386 : Depends: wine1.5:any:i386 (= 1.5.10-0ubuntu1~pulse19+build4) Recommends: gettext:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libsane:i386 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I'm using the ubuntu-wine PPA. Here's the output:
$ 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.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine : Depends: wine1.5 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.4 headers- 3.2.0-29 linux-headers- 3.2.0-29- generic wine-gecko1.7:i386 plugins: i386 libjack- jackd2- 0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 wine-gecko1.4 wine-gecko1.4:i386 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-common wine1.4-i386:i386 plugins: i386 libjack- jackd2- 0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 wine-gecko1.4 wine-gecko1.4:i386 wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-common wine1.4-i386:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libasound2-
Suggested packages:
jackd2:i386 dosbox
Recommended packages:
gettext:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libasound2-
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 74.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 249 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5
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:
wine1.5 : Depends: wine1.5-i386 (= 1.5.11-0ubuntu1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
So looks like wine1.4 actually works. Also, here's more output from my attempts to install wine1.5, in case it's useful:
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5-i386
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: 0ubuntu1~ pulse19+ build4)
Recommends: gettext:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libsane:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
wine1.5-i386:i386 : Depends: wine1.5:any:i386 (= 1.5.10-
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5:any:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'wine1.5:i386' instead of 'wine1.5:any:i386'
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: 0ubuntu1~ pulse19+ build4) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: cups-bsd:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-exe- thumbnailer: i386 but it is not installable or
kde-runtime: i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ttf-droid:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: ttf-liberation:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: ttf-mscorefonts -installer: i386
Recommends: ttf-umefont:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: ttf-unfonts- core:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: ttf-wqy- microhei: i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: winbind:i386
Recommends: winetricks:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xdg-utils:i386 but it is not installable
wine1.5:i386 : Depends: wine1.5-i386:i386 (= 1.5.10-
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.5-i386:i386
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: 0ubuntu1~ pulse19+ build4)
Recommends: gettext:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libsane:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
wine1.5-i386:i386 : Depends: wine1.5:any:i386 (= 1.5.10-
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.