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How do i resolve package dependencies error ? This error i get when i am trying to install wine software . My ubuntu version is 12.04.

Asked by Kunal Chavda

From ubuntu software centre I am trying to instsll wine software in my system for installing some windows application . But as soon as I click on install i get the pop up message which shows that package dependencies cannot resolve .
I have tried sudo apt-get update , upgrade and many more commands to update the system and packages but at the I failed to install wine software.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade

Thanks

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Hello,

also and in addition to @actionparsnip commands, indicate the output of

$ sudo apt-get install wine

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NickTh

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Kunal Chavda (kunalchavda99) said : 		#3

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: wine1.6 but it is not going to be installed or
                 wine1.7 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

after i run sudo apt-get install wine

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Kunal Chavda (kunalchavda99) said : 		#4

upadte and upgrade commands are executing properly after update and upgrade i tried to execute install wine command but was unable to do that as i mentioned in my question package dependencies problem same arrived again need help as soon as possible

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#5

Hello,

try to install wine1.6 or wine1.7 with following command

$ sudo apt-get install wine1.7

paste here any output errors/warnings.

Regards
NickTh

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#6

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