Wine installation help

[smith_]

Hello,

Im dualbooting chromium (or crouton, im not 100% sure lol, both have ubuntu unity desktops) from chrome os on my chromebook.

Im trying to download wine, so i can run some .exes from my usb...but im having issues.

I went on the winehq site (http://www.winehq.org/) and read the instructions for ubuntu derivatives.

So...this repository is supposed to be downloaded (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ppa), using ->(sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa).

Then i sudo apt-get update...

Next, when i do( sudo apt-get install wine(1.6 or 1.7))
i get this error
->(E: unable to locate package, E:couldn't find any package by regx 'wine1.6').

Any ideas?

 

[smith_]

First try
sudo dpkg --configure -a
This will gently try to install packages that didn't completely install
if you still get the error then try
sudo apt-get install -f
This will insist on installing packages that didn't completely install

Unfortunately didnt work.

 

[smith_]

I probably should have posted this sooner... but this is how i installed my linux..

http://www.howtogeek.com/162120/how-to-install-ubuntu-linux-on-your-chromebook-with-crouton/

 

[stillblue]

First try
sudo dpkg --configure -a
This will gently try to install packages that didn't completely install
if you still get the error then try
sudo apt-get install -f
This will insist on installing packages that didn't completely install

Unfortunately didnt work.

Is it still saying you have broken packages?
If so, go into synaptic and click on the "status" button on lower left to see what is broken.

 

[smith_]

First try
sudo dpkg --configure -a
This will gently try to install packages that didn't completely install
if you still get the error then try
sudo apt-get install -f
This will insist on installing packages that didn't completely install

Unfortunately didnt work.

Is it still saying you have broken packages?
If so, go into synaptic and click on the "status" button on lower left to see what is broken.

No, it says its missing wine1.4 (apparently wine1.4-common isnt wine1.4?)

 

[stillblue]

Let's take it back to the beginning.
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
remove the ppa lines from before

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
sudo dpkg --clear-avail
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* --force
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine winetricks playonlinux

 

[smith_]

Are these wine-mono, versions of wine? Idk why this isnt working.

 

[smith_]

Are these wine-mono, versions of wine? Idk why this isnt working.

 

[Alabalcho]

@Smith, you have mentioned you're dual booting Ubuntu on Chromebook. Is your chromebook ARM-based? And if so, is there WINE available for ARM?

 

[skittle]

Alabacho you bring up a valid point!. Not all chromebooks are ARM, lots are x86 based. You can check with command:

uname -a

and btw yes there is wine for ARM. though definitely not in the ubuntu PPA.
http://wiki.winehq.org/ARM

 

[smith_]

Alabacho you bring up a valid point!. Not all chromebooks are ARM, lots are x86 based. You can check with command:

uname -a

and btw yes there is wine for ARM. though definitely not in the ubuntu PPA.
http://wiki.winehq.org/ARM

I wasnt sure that made a difference. My friend told me to get the one with the ARM processor because of its performance. I guess it makes sense since ARM is an phone/tablet based ISA.

How does the wine installation change ?

 

[Alabalcho]

@Smith, did you read that Wiki? It says - yes, it is possible (somehow) to use Wine on Arm, but this involves using QEMU, in x86 emulation mode (as opposed to running Wine on x86 processor in virtualization mode). So, I doubt you will find point-and-click way to achive that.

What programs you would like to run on Wine?

 

[smith_]

@Smith, did you read that Wiki? It says - yes, it is possible (somehow) to use Wine on Arm, but this involves using QEMU, in x86 emulation mode (as opposed to running Wine on x86 processor in virtualization mode). So, I doubt you will find point-and-click way to achive that.

What programs you would like to run on Wine?

I wanted to run some .exes from my usb. Like dosbox.

 

[Alabalcho]

Whaww... DosBox itself is an emulator, so you want to run an x86 emulator inside x86 emulator on top or ARM... I think you better start looking for native DosBox port for ARM.

Edit: Just searched, there is DosBox port for RaspberryPi' Debian, so if you're smart, there's chance you can make it running under ChromeOs as well. Once again, I have no experience whatsoever with ChromeOs.