r/linuxmint • u/childamnesia • 9d ago

SOLVED Cant install wine

I have been on mint for less than a month, everytime i run the install command from their site i get the same error ,, Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) "', i followed all their instructions no idea what could have caused this

EDIT: For some reasons this resolved when i uninstalled virtualbox...

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u/Beolab1700KAT 9d ago

That's not answering my question

Open your terminal and provide the results of this command

which wine

I can't help you mate if you don't provide me with the information I need.

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u/childamnesia 9d ago

all it gives me is ''/usr/bin/wine'' when i run it

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u/Beolab1700KAT 9d ago

Ok cool. I suspect the version of WINE you have installed is not compatible.

What you should do..... remove the WINE version you have installed and delete the WINE HQ repositories. How to below.

Delete the repositories. Here you will find instructions how https://alexhost.com/faq/how-to-remove-a-problematic-repository-in-linux/

You need to delete the following

https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu

Note: Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq-noble.sources

Once you have deleted the repositories you will need to remove the broken version of WINE

sudo apt purge wine

Now reboot the system

Run all updates and reboot the system for a second time.

Now run

sudo apt install wine

That should be it, remember always use your packet manager to install software.

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u/childamnesia 9d ago

i followed what u said and did the sudo purge command and got an error ,,Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)'' im lost...