Months ago I tried to install wine and since then, whenever I try to install something, anything, I get this error. I tried to uninstall wine but, unfortunately whenever I try to uninstall it I also get this error. I have too many back up to take and set up, so I can't just do a clean Ubuntu install right now but as you might guess, this has been very difficult for me! practically making it impossible to use my machine.
This is the error I get:
wine32:i386 : Depends: libwine:i386 (= 3.0-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
wine64 : Depends: libwine (= 3.0-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
I did read some comments on repositories, and these are the ones I can see in the list that mentions wine:
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu bionic main # disabled on upgrade to bionic
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.distUpgrade:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.distUpgrade:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.save:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu bionic main # disabled on upgrade to bionic
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu bionic main # disabled on upgrade to bionic
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.distUpgrade:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.distUpgrade:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu xenial main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list.save:# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu bionic main # disabled on upgrade to bionic
Some has advised to remove these but I am not sure if I need to go for all? I have many other packages as well, do I remove xenial?? not remove xenial??. Also, I am not sure how to delete them as I can't install synaptic package manager and the like due to the error mentioned above just as any other package.
How can I fix this? I do not wish to keep wine at all, I just want to fix this issue -------------------------EDIT---------------------------------------------
grep -r ^deb /etc/apt/ --include="*.list"
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://archive.canonical.com/ bionic partner
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/obsproject-ubuntu-obs-studio-bionic.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu bionic main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
apt-cache policy wine32:i386 libwine:i386 wine64 libwine
wine32:i386:
Installed: 3.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libwine:i386:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
3.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
wine64:
Installed: 3.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libwine:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
3.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
dpkg -l | grep -i wine
ii q4wine 1.3.6-2 amd64 Qt GUI for wine (WINE)
iU wine-stable 3.0-1ubuntu1 all Windows API implementation - standard suite
rc wine1.6 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu14.2 amd64 Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
ii wine1.8 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.10.1~ppa1 amd64 Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
ii wine1.8-amd64 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.10.1~ppa1 amd64 Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (64-bit support)
ii wine1.8-i386:i386 1:1.8.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu15.10.1~ppa1 i386 Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (32-bit support)
iU wine32:i386 3.0-1ubuntu1 i386 Windows API implementation - 32-bit binary loader
iU wine64 3.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 Windows API implementation - 64-bit binary loader
ii winetricks 0.0+20180217-1 all package manager for Wine to install software easily
grep -r ^deb /etc/apt/ --include="*.list
,apt-cache policy wine32:i386 libwine:i386 wine64 libwine
,dpkg -l | grep -i wine
to the question. – N0rbert Jul 8 '20 at 20:13