Broken Packages Fix Problem (For Wine)

Question

I was trying to install Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with Play on Linux. When I start the program it gives me an error message

PlayOnLinux cannot find wine (from Wine). You should install it to use PlayOnLinux.

sudo apt-get install wine

I tried this but I got an error message:

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

What should I do?

$ sudo apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done
Package wine is a virtual package provided by:
    winehq-staging 4.0~rc1~cosmic
    winehq-stable 3.0.4~cosmic
    winehq-devel 4.0~rc1~cosmic
    wine-development 3.6-1
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package 'wine' has no installation candidate

And when I type:

$ sudo apt-get install winehq-stable
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:
    winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 3.0.4~cosmic)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Here is my system:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release:    18.04
Codename:   bionic

$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    linux-headers-4.15.0-38 linux-headers-4.15.0-38-generic
    linux-image-4.15.0-38-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-38-generic
    linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-38-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ sudo apt remove wine winehq-stable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'wine' can't be removed
Package 'winehq-stable' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    linux-headers-4.15.0-38 linux-headers-4.15.0-38-generic

    linux-image-4.15.0-38-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-38-generic

    linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-38-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ sudo apt autoremove

Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading
state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED:  
linux-headers-4.15.0-38 linux-headers-4.15.0-38-generic linux-image-4.15.0-38-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-38-generic  
linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-38-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 336 MB disk space
will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n]  (Reading database ...
268454 files and directories currently installed.) Removing
linux-headers-4.15.0-38-generic (4.15.0-38.41) ... Removing
linux-headers-4.15.0-38 (4.15.0-38.41) ... Removing
linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-38-generic (4.15.0-38.41) ... Removing
linux-image-4.15.0-38-generic (4.15.0-38.41) ...
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools: update-initramfs: Deleting
/boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-38-generic
/etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub: Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-42-generic Found
initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-42-generic Found linux image:
/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic Found initrd image:
/boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration done Removing linux-modules-4.15.0-38-generic
(4.15.0-38.41) ...

$ sudo apt-add-repository --remove 'deb http://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'

Has no output.

$ sudo apt update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]     Ign:2
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/Ubuntu_18.10_standard
./ InRelease Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [204 B] Hit:4
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian
/Ubuntu_18.10_standard
./ Release Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [14.5 kB] Get:7
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11
48x48 Icons [9,088 B] Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [36.7 kB] Get:9
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11
128x128 Icons [65.9 kB] Hit:10 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic InRelease                     Get:11
http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Get:12 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
[74.6 kB] Get:13 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [402 kB] Get:14
http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
[459 kB] Hit:15 http://deb.playonlinux.com xenial InRelease

Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu
bionic InRelease Get:17 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [245 kB] Hit:18
http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease

Hit:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu bionic
InRelease   Hit:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu
bionic InRelease         Get:21 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-updates/main DEP-11 48x48 Icons [55.7 kB] Hit:22
http://ppa.launchpad.net/rikmills/latte-dock/ubuntu bionic InRelease

Get:23 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11
64x64 Icons [105 kB] Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/vcmi/ppa/ubuntu
bionic InRelease                Hit:25
http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu bionic InRelease

Get:26 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11
128x128 Icons [266 kB] Err:27
http://ppa.launchpad.net/damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu bionic
Release   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Err:28
http://ppa.launchpad.net/vcmi/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release

404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Get:29
http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64
Packages [594 kB] Get:30 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [588 kB] Get:31
http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [199 kB] Get:32 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [186 kB] Get:33
http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11
64x64 Icons [333 kB] Get:34 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 128x128 Icons [767 kB] Get:35
http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B] Get:36 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5,812 B] Reading
package lists... Done

E: The repository
'http://ppa.launchpad.net/damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu bionic
Release' does not have a Release file. 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. E: The repository
'http://ppa.launchpad.net/vcmi/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release' does not
have a Release file. 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.
    sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading
state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done 0 upgraded, 0
newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    sudo apt-get install winehq-stable
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:  winehq-stable :
Depends: wine-stable (= 3.0.4~cosmic) E: Unable to correct problems,
you have held broken packages.

Edit:

$ sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
Hit:1 http://deb.playonlinux.com xenial InRelease 
Ign:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu
bionic
InRelease Hit:3 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease

Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease

Hit:5 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease

Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/deluge-team/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:7 http://cy.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease

Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu bionic
InRelease    Hit:9 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu bionic
InRelease                 Hit:10
http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/rikmills/latte-dock/ubuntu bionic
InRelease    Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/vcmi/ppa/ubuntu bionic
InRelease                Hit:13
http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu
bionic Release   404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Err:15
http://ppa.launchpad.net/vcmi/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release   404  Not
Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80] Reading package lists... Done E: The
repository
'http://ppa.launchpad.net/damien-moore/codeblocks-stable/ubuntu bionic
Release' does not have a Release file. 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. E: The repository
'http://ppa.launchpad.net/vcmi/ppa/ubuntu bionic Release' does not
have a Release file. 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.

score 41 · Answer 1 · edited May 12 '20 at 18:42

The problem is that Wine now depends on libfaudio0, but Ubuntu versions prior to 19.10 don't include it in the standard repositories.

The link to the Winehq forum page with directions on how to install the packages is: https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32192.

For Ubuntu 18.04 do:

wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04/amd64/libfaudio0_19.07-0~bionic_amd64.deb
wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_18.04/i386/libfaudio0_19.07-0~bionic_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i libfaudio0_19.07-0~bionic_amd64.deb libfaudio0_19.07-0~bionic_i386.deb

Then you should be able to update and upgrade as you would normally.

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 29 '24 at 02:11

What I did:

I remove all "wine" PPA using "Software and updates" tool in ubuntu / kubuntu.
Then, I followed the guide here: install latest wine or here.

In my case, I added (get the codename with cat /etc/os-release)

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'

and no other repository. Then,

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 29 '24 at 02:15

Do

sudo apt-add-repository --remove 'deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/Ubuntu_18.10_standard ./'

Then

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/

Then
```
sudo apt-get update
```

Then install your preferred wine

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable # OR
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel # OR
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-staging

Daniele Santi · Answer 4 · 2018-12-12T15:45:18.887

From the error you're getting, looks like you have configured the whinehq repository.

As the very same error is telling you, you have to choose which branch of wine you'd like to install, as wine is just a virtual package and it has no installation candidates so apt cannot choose by itself what to install.

As indicated here, you can install a stable version (winehq-stable), a development version (winehq-devel) or a staging version (winehq-staging).

While I'm pretty happy on my systems with winehq-staging, I suggest you install the winehq-stable branch that (as the name implies) should be the "most stable" branch of wine.

As suggested on the official WineHQ documentation, make sure to install it with the flag --install-recommends

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 29 '24 at 02:22

Maybe try adding an SDL2 backport. This is especially useful to users that need to fill in dependencies that repeatedly nag you when you try to add them in. I recently found this online. The command is then followed by the package list update and then your desired choice of Wine. I tested this on Ubuntu 18.04. Specifically, Zorin OS 15. Upvote if this resolved your problem. :)

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:cybermax-dexter/sdl2-backport

sudo apt-get update

Choose one

sudo apt-get --install-recommends winehq-stable
sudo apt-get --install-recommends winehq-devel
sudo apt-get --install-recommends winehq-staging

Broken Packages Fix Problem (For Wine)

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