[adanedhel728]

I'm new to Linux, so I'm aware that I might not be installing it correctly.

I'm using SimplyMEPIS and installing using the instructions on this page. I used all of the options there for Ubuntu Feisty, Dapper, Edgy, and Debian Etch. I wasn't sure which one to use since I'm using MEPIS. Anyway, when I entered the "sudo apt-get install wine" command in the Root Shell Konsole, it gave me this error--

Package wine is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package wine has no installation candidate

I tried installing through the Konsole because it didn't show up in the Synaptic Package Manager, or at least I couldn't find it (I might have been looking in the wrong place). I haven't a clue what I'm doing wrong. It gave me a different error when I tried the Feisty option, but I didn't bother posting it because I figured it's not the one I should use anyway.

[soten]

What version of Simply Mepis are you running?

[lotuseclat79]

Hi adanedhel728,

When using the Synaptic Package Manager(if you have it and the Update Manager), it is necessary to do one of two things first, but before doing either, check your /etc/apt/sources.list file to see if any repositories are commented out (first character=# and make sure there is a full http://<url address> on the line) and uncomment them, then:
1) issue the command: sudo apt-get update, or
2) click on the Check function button (only) in the Update Manager

Then open up the Synaptic Package Manager and Search for: wine

-- Tom

[adanedhel728]

I hope I can remember everything that's happened.

I don't actually know what you mean when you say “commented out.” I don't know any Linux lingo (sorry, I'm very ignorant in this). I looked in the file and didn't find any url to Wine, though, if that's what it means.

Writing the command “sudo apt-get update” in the Root Shell Konsole gave me this message--

Get:1 http://apt.mepis.org mepis Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://apt.mepis.org mepis Release
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://apt.mepis.org mepis/main Packages
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Get:6 http://wine.budgetdedicated.com dapper Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com dapper Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
Fetched 6B in 1s (5B/s)
Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/...dapper/Release Unable to find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I couldn't actually find any Check function button. For that matter, I'm not really sure where to get into the Update Manager.

When I searched for Wine, I could only find libwine and libwine-dev, both of which gave me these messages--

libwine-dev:
Depends: wine-dev but it is not installable

I don't remember how I got this error message, but this is another one that came up--

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository might be no longer available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and the correct writing of the repository address in the preferences.

http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/...apper/Release: Unable to find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

[lotuseclat79]

Try following the Debian steps here.

-- Tom

[adanedhel728]

Thanks, but the very first thing listed is something I don't understand-- how do I "apt-get" those? I tried typing "apt-get ia32-libs," but that apparently wasn't it.

[lotuseclat79]

Try:
$ sudo apt-get ia32-libs

-- Tom

[CouchMaster]

SimplyMepis wine here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...archid=1626090

And http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Wine_setup

[adanedhel728]

Typing "$ sudo apt-get ia32-libs" in the Root Shell Konsole gave me this--

-su: $: command not found

Following the instructions from http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Wine_setup, and typing "apt-get update && apt-get install wine" into the Konsole gives me this message--

Get:1 http://apt.mepis.org mepis Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://apt.mepis.org mepis Release
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://apt.mepis.org mepis/main Packages
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Get:6 http://wine.budgetdedicated.com dapper Release.gpg [191B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com dapper Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper-backports/multiverse Packages
Fetched 6B in 1s (5B/s)
Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/...dapper/Release Unable to find expected entry main/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Reading package lists... Done
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Then I type in "winecfg" and get this message--

-su: winecfg: command not found

Thanks, I don't want to sound ungrateful for the help so far, because I really am.

[lotuseclat79]

The fact that the winecfg command failed indicates that wine was not successfully installed which is the first thing that needs to happen - then, and only then will the winecfg command work.

However, for the moment, let's assume that wine was installed, then the question becomes one of: where is it?

If we can't find it, then we verify that it was not installed (but, let's check it to be sure anyway).

The following commands are assumed to be from a root konsole:
# cd /
# find . -name "winecfg" -print

If the result of the command is that it finds winecfg, then it will print out the directory in which it is located. If it is not found the result will be that a directory location for winecfg will not be printed out.

If winecfg was found, then what's goiing on? That might indicate that the directory in which winecfg was placed upon installation was not in the $PATH of the root account. So, from the root shell konsole issue the following command:
# echo $PATH

If the directory where winecfg was located is not a member directory of $PATH, that would be the reason winecfg was not found if it was indeed installed.

Ok, going back to your first post, you indicated that you added all of the releases from Ubuntu - wrong! You should have used only Fiesty. Unfortuneately, at this stage of the process, you need to remove all previous instances of Wine artifacts from your system to make it clean for trying to install Wine from scratch. If you downloaded Wine and put it into its own directory, to remove it is as simple as removing the directory. Then go back and try getting only the Fiesty Ubuntu additions to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. No dapper should appear in that file.

The dapper additions and the edgy eft additions are probably what has screwed up the installation from the start of this thread.

Looking a bit further into your problem, the wget command in the Wine installation instructions includes "dapper" which means for you do not follow those instructions. After you have deleted any existing Wine files from attempting to install it so far, there appears to be a better solution for you:
Go to: http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/ and download the 9.2MB file from the 0.9.43 amd64 link. This should give you - not the 0.0.44 latest release of Wine, but a binary relase that once properly installed will get you going. The download gives you a .deb file:
http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/arch...04-1_amd64.deb that will need to be installed as follows:

From a root shell konsole in the directory that the downloaded file is located, issue the following command:
# dpkg -i wine_0.9.43~winehq0~ubuntu~7.04-1_amd64.deb

-- Tom