https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51128
Bug ID: 51128 Summary: Linux Mint 20.x: Cant install wine. Product: Wine Version: 6.8 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: trivial Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: dushansecondary@gmail.com Distribution: ---
Trying to install wine with "wine-installer" fails with the following error:
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The following packages have unmet dependencies: wine-installer : Depends: wine Recommends: wine64 but it is not going to be installed Recommends: wine32 E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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Installing using the method on your website fails with:
---------------------------------------------------------- The following packages have unmet dependencies: winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 6.0.0~focal-1) E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ----------------------------------------------------------
We discussed about this bug on a Linux mint forum, here is a short statement:
"...and I found some bug (?) in apt relating to the packages wine-installer and wine, which might be related to your message: "wine-installer depends on wine but wine isn't going to be installed" (why not??), and the fact that I can install wine-installer without installing wine, even though the package software tells me that wine is required for wine-installer."