Unmet dependencies while installing wine

[PutDatCookieDown]

I just recently installed Linux Ubuntu 18.04 on a spare SSD and i'm still trying to figure out the terminal but whenever I follow the instructions on https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu I keep coming across unmet dependencies, and i'm wondering if i need to update or install something that i'm missing or need to delete something that's broken or wont let it download?

Here are the steps I did:
1: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
2: wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
3: sudo apt-key add winehq.key
4:sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
5: sudo apt update
6: sudo apt upgrade
7: sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
I even tried installing Wine from the Ubuntu store and it still said unmet dependencies.

Here's the error:
LinuxSSD:~$ sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
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 resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 5.0.0~eoan)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
LinuxSSD:~$

Thanks!

[dimesio]

I just recently installed Linux Ubuntu 18.04

winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 5.0.0~eoan)

Ubuntu 18.04 is bionic, not eoan. My guess is you mistakenly added the eoan repository at some point; you need to delete it.

[PutDatCookieDown]

I just recently installed Linux Ubuntu 18.04

winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 5.0.0~eoan)

Ubuntu 18.04 is bionic, not eoan. My guess is you mistakenly added the eoan repository at some point; you need to delete it.

Could you tell me the steps to delete the wine dependences so I can start fresh with it?

[dimesio]

Could you tell me the steps to delete the wine dependences so I can start fresh with it?

You're not deleting dependencies. You need to delete the eoan repository from your /etc/apt/sources.list. You can do that in any text editor.

[PutDatCookieDown]

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sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
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 resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 5.0.0~bionic)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Now instead of needing eoan, now it needs bionic... so some progress, however wherever i look to install it, it still says it needs bionic, would you know a command I can use to get the version it needs?

[dimesio]

If you're on Ubuntu 18.04, bionic is the correct version. As for the unmet dependencies, you have to figure out what they are and install them. My guess is you haven't bothered to read viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32192; you need to. If installing FAudio following the instructions in that post doesn't clear up the problem, follow the directions in https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_do_I_so ... ll_Wine.3F for further troubleshooting.

[PutDatCookieDown]

If you're on Ubuntu 18.04, bionic is the correct version. As for the unmet dependencies, you have to figure out what they are and install them. My guess is you haven't bothered to read viewtopic.php?f=8&t=32192; you need to. If installing FAudio following the instructions in that post doesn't clear up the problem, follow the directions in https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_do_I_so ... ll_Wine.3F for further troubleshooting.

Thanks for the help, but how would I install FAudio, I click on the link to it but I can't see a download, sorry if this is obvious I'm just so used to windows, also what are the steps to installing FAudio.

[idkhowanyofthisworks]

I am having the exact same issue and telling us what to do without telling how to do it is of zero help. Ive followed the exact steps as the original post. I think i installed faudio and im still having troubles. all the wine faq says is to figure out what it needs and fix it. Why is everything so god damn vague. pretend that we have never used anything but windows and try to explain it to us instead of belittling us for not knowing as much as someone whos clearly been around the linux world for awhile.

[dimesio]

The instructions are necessarily generic because exactly what dependencies are missing are going to vary from system to system. Apt normally identifies what is missing at each step of working your way backwards. If you are having trouble reading the terminal output, you need to post it so we can see it. Without that we have no way of knowing what is going wrong on your system.