Wine not working in Mint 15

[stlblues1226]

I am new to Mint and Wine. I know just enough about what I'm doing to really screw things up (as you will no doubt soon find out). Mint 15 came with Wine 1.4 and I tried to install 1.6 and here is the error message I get in the terminal window. I wasn't sure how much to include so here's everything. Hope it's not too much (actual error at the bottom):



dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo apt-get install flex bison qt3-dev-tools qt4-qmake
[sudo] password for dwayne:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package qt3-dev-tools
dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
Welcome to the Wine Team PPA. Here you can get the latest available Wine betas for every supported version of Ubuntu. This PPA is managed by Scott Ritchie and Maarten Lankhorst.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.bJvAo1EJqz --trustdb-name /etc/apt//trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys F9CB8DB0
gpg: requesting key F9CB8DB0 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key F9CB8DB0: "Launchpad PPA for Ubuntu Wine Team" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release.gpg
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia Release [18.5 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com raring Release.gpg
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/main amd64 Packages [23.5 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main amd64 Packages
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/upstream amd64 Packages [9,249 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com raring Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted amd64 Packages
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/import amd64 Packages [39.3 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com raring/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com raring/partner i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/main i386 Packages [23.5 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main i386 Packages
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/upstream i386 Packages [9,237 B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/import i386 Packages [40.2 kB]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse i386 Packages
Ign http://archive.canonical.com raring/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.canonical.com raring/partner Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net raring/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com raring-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com raring-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com olivia/upstream Translation-en
Fetched 164 kB in 5s (28.0 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo apt-get install wine1.6 winetricks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
wine1.6 is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine1.6 : Depends: wine1.6-i386 (= 1:1.6.1-0ubuntu1~ppa1~precise1)
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $



I have tried this a couple of times, but I keep getting the error above. I also cannot even get the Wine box to open when I select configure Wine from the Mint menu. I click it and nothing happens. I'm sure it's something I've done, so please be kind when explaining what dumb thing I've most likely done. I really want to get this working because if this does work, I plan to dump Windows completely.

Thanks in advance for any help. Also, if you need any other information just tell me exactly how to get the information you need and I'll gladly do it. Just please remember to be as specific as possible.

[dimesio]

Packaging and package manager issues are not Wine issues. Ask for help on the Mint forum for the error message from your package manager.

As for winecfg, what happens when you run it from a terminal?

[stlblues1226]

Here is what happened:



dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $ winecfg
The program 'winecfg' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install wine1.4
dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $ sudo apt-get install wine1.4
[sudo] password for dwayne:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-i386:i386
Suggested packages:
dosbox
The following NEW packages will be installed:
wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-i386:i386
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/43.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 230 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package wine1.4-amd64.
(Reading database ... 143723 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking wine1.4-amd64 (from .../wine1.4-amd64_1.4.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package wine1.4-i386.
Unpacking wine1.4-i386 (from .../wine1.4-i386_1.4.1-0ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package wine1.4.
Unpacking wine1.4 (from .../wine1.4_1.4.1-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
Setting up wine1.4 (1.4.1-0ubuntu5) ...
Setting up wine1.4-i386 (1.4.1-0ubuntu5) ...
Setting up wine1.4-amd64 (1.4.1-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
dwayne@dwayne-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC ~ $



After that, when I went through Menu, it started working again, but it appears to be Wine 1.4 and not 1.6 and I'm not sure how to get the newer version. Trying to upgrade is when I ran into all the problems. Thanks for your help. Any suggestions on the best way to upgrade to 1.6? Again, being new to Wine and Mint, the more detail, the better. Fewer chances for me to screw it up.

[dimesio]

You should be able to upgrade through your package manager, the same way you would upgrade any other package. If you don't know how to use your package manager, ask for help on the Mint forum. I don't use Mint, so I can't help you with it, and in any case, it's not a Wine issue.

[stlblues1226]

Thanks again for your help.