So i decided to move from Windows to Linux because i was fed up with Microsoft stalking me and people around me said Linux Mint makes the transition really easy....
Thanks for the security questions when registering on this forum "Which of these distros uses .deb packages: Arch Linux, Mageia, Ubuntu, Slackware?" WTF man.
In Mint the package installer has Wine but in the comments someone said that you need to use the PPA installer for new versions.
I googled installing Wine 2.0 on Mint 18.1 which brought me to "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds"
This tells me "!!! PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPOSITORY IS DEPRECATED !!!"
So i follow the instructions:
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package winehq-devel
Okay, to the WineHQ WIKI:
wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/Release.key
sudo apt-key add Release.key
sudo apt-add-repository https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
Ah okay so no quotes around the repository url.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package winehq-devel
Maybe the Stable version?
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-stable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package winehq-stable
What am i doing wrong guys?
Can't install Wine on Mint 18.1
Re: Can't install Wine on Mint 18.1
I have the exact same problem , i'm on Mint 18.1 too
Re: Can't install Wine on Mint 18.1
Guys,
You need to use:
to work around a bug in Mint's repository URL handling...
See this recent WineHQ Forum post - Helicon Focus 6.7.1 Lite ... For more information.
Bob
You need to use:
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sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
See this recent WineHQ Forum post - Helicon Focus 6.7.1 Lite ... For more information.
Bob
Re: Can't install Wine on Mint 18.1
You sir are a savior and this info should be on the Wiki, even if it is a Mint issue.
Re: Can't install Wine on Mint 18.1
So this worked but now i have a new error because the old install is conflicting:
wine client error:0: version mismatch 525/527.
So i can't use winecfg and everything i am reading about uninstalling the old version means destorying all the install i did today (Steam, Battle.net., Origin and a bunch of games which actually work to my surprise).
Does anyone know how to fix this problem without destroying the installed windows stuff?
wine client error:0: version mismatch 525/527.
So i can't use winecfg and everything i am reading about uninstalling the old version means destorying all the install i did today (Steam, Battle.net., Origin and a bunch of games which actually work to my surprise).
Does anyone know how to fix this problem without destroying the installed windows stuff?
Re: Can't install Wine on Mint 18.1
I've just added a note to the Ubuntu page.this info should be on the Wiki, even if it is a Mint issue.
I don't know what "everything" you've been reading, but it's obviously not our FAQ. https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_do_I_uninstall_Wine.3Feverything i am reading about uninstalling the old version means destorying all the install i did