Wine will not install on Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit

[Terryphi]

if you install the package "wine", it will remove (at least) the following five packages:
gettext
gnome-common
gtk-doc-tools
intltool
mate-common

Here are some references in the Mint Forum:

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 74#p586374

The workaround described by Vincent Vermeulen in the first post of following thread does not work for me:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... TE#p621585

A MATE developer thinks the problem is in the Wine package:
http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=690

Can you Wine guys please talk to Mint/MATE developers and sort this out?

[dimesio]

Binary packages are created by the distros, not here. Is Mint still using the Ubuntu packages? If so, file a bug with Ubuntu. If Mint now has its own packager, contact him/her.

[Terryphi]

I found a fix at http://www.ivegotavirus.com/how-to-fix- ... t-13-maya/

Using the software manager go to ‘edit’ and choose ‘software sources’. Select the ‘other software’ tab and click on ‘add’ at the bottom of the window. You now need to add the following line of code:

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deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu precise main

You can now close the sources list and the software manager. Next to update your sources list open up the Terminal and type:

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sudo apt-get update

Once your sources list has been updated you can install the stable 1.4 Wine package:

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sudo apt-get install wine1.4

It will pick up everything you need: wine1.4, winetricks, wine-gecko1.4, wine1.4-amd64, wine1.4-common, gnome-exe-thumbnailer, etc.

[Vowapemnameda]

I prefer Pinguy OS for new Linux users, its an Ubuntu preconfigured with many features such as Flash, so you dont need to install anything. The already install Docky and Conky are nice to have too.