ThomasM wrote: > Hello all, > > I am fairly new to Linux, so I hope that the following problem is not just me being ... new to Linux. > > I have been trying to install Wine on Debian (Etch 4.09 I think it is called). I first tried to use the > > apt-get install Wine > > command followed by the winecfg (creating the .wine folder), but when I tried to run the notepad.exe (i.e. with the command wine /home/thomas/.wine/drive_c/windows/notepad.exe) I get the error message > > "module not found" (error number126) > > I tried then to follow the tutorial on the blog: > TuxArena: Running Google Chrome Under Wine 1.1.6 in Debian (http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2008/10/running-google-chrome-under-wine-116-in.html) > > But then "apt-get update" gives me this > > Code: > > debian-502:/home/thomas# sudo apt-get update > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4a _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20080804-15:10] etch Release.gpg > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4a _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20080804-15:10] etch Release > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4a _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20080804-15:10] etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex > Ign cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4a _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20080804-15:10] etch/main Packages/DiffIndex > Get:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release.gpg [386B] > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch Release > Get:2 http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy Release.gpg [191B] > Get:3 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] > Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex > Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy Release > Ign http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Sources/DiffIndex > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages > Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages/DiffIndex > Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Sources > Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex > Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Sources/DiffIndex > Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages/DiffIndex > Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex > Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex > Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex > Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages > Hit http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Sources > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources > Ign http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources > Get:4 http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages [1092B] > 99% [4 Packages gzip 0] [Waiting for headers] > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > Err http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) > Get:5 http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages [1092B] > 99% [5 Packages gzip 0] > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > Err http://wine.budgetdedicated.com hardy/main Packages > Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) > Fetched 5B in 1s (4B/s) > Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/dists/hardy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) > Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/dists/hardy/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Sub-process gzip returned an error code (1) > Reading package lists... Done > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. > > > > I then tried to install wine anyway (using apt-get install wine) and I got: > > > Code: > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... 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. > > Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that > the package is simply not installable and a bug report against > that package should be filed. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > wine: Depends: libasound2 (> 1.0.14) but 1.0.13-2 is to be installed > Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4) but 2.3.6.ds1-13etch7 is to be installed > Depends: libgphoto2-2 (>= 2.4.0) but 2.2.1-16 is to be installed > Depends: libgphoto2-port0 (>= 2.4.0) but 2.2.1-16 is to be installed > Depends: libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7) but it is not installable > Depends: libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.20) but 1.1.19-3 is to be installed > PreDepends: dpkg (>= 1.14.12ubuntu3) but 1.13.25 is to be installed > E: Broken packages > > > > > What am I to do? > > Thomas > > > > > > > > I think you should install Wine from source code. It's easy and and can avoid some dependency problems.
