[SOLVED]Dependency issues when trying to install winehq versions of wine-stable
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:23 pm
I am having dependency errors when trying to install wine-stable from the Winehq repository. Here is a paste of my output. Code: Select all
$ sudo apt install wine-stable
[sudo] password for changeusername:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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 to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libasound2-plugins : Depends: libavcodec59 (>= 7:5.0)
libavutil57 : Depends: libdrm2 (>= 2.4.66) but it is not installable
Depends: libva-drm2 (>= 1.3) but it is not installable
Depends: libva-x11-2 (>= 1.3) but it is not installable
Depends: libva2 (>= 2.1.0) but it is not installable
libmfx1 : Depends: libva2 (>= 2.9.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packagesCode: Select all
$ inxi -b
System:
Host: mxmacbook-4.1 Kernel: 6.10.10-1-liquorix-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto September 15 2024
Machine:
Type: Unknown System: Apple product: MacBook4,1 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F22788A9 v: PVT serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Apple v: MB41.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091535 date: 02/09/08
CPU:
Info: dual core Intel Core2 Duo T8300 [MCP] speed (MHz): avg: 799
min/max: 800/2400
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics driver: i915
v: kernel
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight [Micron] type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: intel
dri: swrast gpu: i915 resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 25.0.7-2~mx23ahs renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.6
128 bits)
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n driver: b43-pci-bridge
Device-2: Marvell 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet driver: sky2
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 149.05 GiB used: 31.04 GiB (20.8%)
Info:
Processes: 293 Uptime: 2h 18m Memory: 1.91 GiB used: 1.57 GiB (82.2%) EN
Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.26I opened synaptic and had it fix broken packages, then I enabled all the repos but source & testing and that seems to have cleared the dependency issues. Winehq-stable is installed now!
