32 bit to 64 bit

[Barrowman]

I have been running 32 bit on my Mint installation for a few years to use a windows conference client and Kindle. Now the conf client which has always been audio only is now available with video but only as a 64 bit version.
Obviously it wont run so I thought I would try to install the 64 bit wine. Now I tried to do it through the software manager and it failed miserably.
My 32 bit conf client did run but was unusable as it was very very slow and Kindle kept crashing.
I realise I may not have even installed the 64 bit correctly of course.
The 64 bit conf client failed to run at all. I decided to go back to the 32 bit wine, again through the package manager but it said all wine was unavailable.
So I tried following the winehq route via a terminal. I ran into the Broken held packages problem. It took some time to eventually get those fixed and finally getting back to where I was before starting this.
I am happy to keep trying because 64 bit is going to be the future but I wonder if there is a specific set of commands to clear out 32 bit from my system, put 64 bit on instead to try it and then reverse things if it fails. Can someone point me to the needed information or tell me please?
I am happy to go via the terminal and do compiling if needed. In fact in some ways I prefer it

[jkfloris]

I tried following the winehq route via a terminal. I ran into the Broken held packages problem.

Can you post the output of:

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grep -R ^deb /etc/apt/sources.list*

and

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sudo apt install --install-recommends wine-stable-i386 wine-stable-amd64