I’m trying to install wine and keep running into an issue where apt is telling me that I’ve held broken packages. I’m not super experienced with Linux, and I’ve already tried tons of different solutions I’ve seen elsewhere.
I’ve already added the repository by following the steps on the WineHQ Wiki, but every time I try to run sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable, I get this output:
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:
winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 7.0.1~bullseye-1)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
After seeing that, I decided to try and install wine-stable manually, but I get this:
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:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libasound2-plugins : Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2)
libasound2-plugins:i386 : Depends: libavcodec58:i386 (>= 7:4.2)
Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
Depends: libjack-jackd2-0:i386 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) but it is not installable or
libjack-0.125:i386
Depends: libpulse0:i386 (>= 0.99.1-1~) but it is not installable
libavahi-client3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libavahi-common3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libavresample4:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libavutil56:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libblkid1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libbrotli1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libbsd0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.25) but it is not installable
libbz2-1.0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libcairo2 : Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6) but it is not installable
Depends: libxrender1 but it is not installable
libcairo2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libcap2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.9) but it is not installable
libcom-err2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libcrypt1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.25) but it is not installable
libcurl3-gnutls : Depends: libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0) but it is not installable
libcurl3-gnutls:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libcurl4:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libdb5.3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libdbus-1-3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
Depends: libsystemd0:i386
libdeflate0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libdrm2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.17) but it is not installable
libdw1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.23) but it is not installable
libelf1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libexif12:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libexpat1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.25) but it is not installable
libffi7:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libfontconfig1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libfreetype6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libgcc-s1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.2.4) but it is not installable
libgcrypt20:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libgd3 : Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6) but it is not installable
libgd3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libgdbm-compat4:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libgdbm6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libglib2.0-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libgmp10:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libgnutls30:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libgpg-error0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libgphoto2-6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libgphoto2-port12:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.27) but it is not installable
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 but it is not installable
libgstreamer1.0-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libhogweed6 : Depends: libgmp10 (>= 2:6.1.0) but it is not installable
libhogweed6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libicu67:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libidn2-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libieee1284-3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libjbig0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libjpeg62-turbo:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libk5crypto3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libkeyutils1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libkrb5-3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libkrb5support0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.25) but it is not installable
liblcms2-2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libldap-2.4-2 : Depends: libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0) but it is not installable
libldap-2.4-2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libltdl7:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
liblzma5:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.17) but it is not installable
libmd0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libmount1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libnettle8:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libnghttp2-14:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libnsl2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libnspr4:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.30) but it is not installable
libnss3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libopenal1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.27) but it is not installable
Recommends: libpulse0:i386 (>= 0.99.1) but it is not installable
libopenjp2-7:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
liborc-0.4-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libp11-kit0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libpcap0.8:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libpci3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libpcre2-8-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libpcre3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libperl5.32:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libpixman-1-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libpng16-16:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libpoppler-glib8:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libpoppler102 : Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6) but it is not installable
Depends: libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~) but it is not installable
Depends: libnss3 (>= 2:3.16) but it is not installable
libpoppler102:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libpsl5:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
librtmp1 : Depends: libgmp10 but it is not installable
Depends: libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.14) but it is not installable
librtmp1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libsamplerate0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libsane1 : Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16) but it is not installable
Depends: libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16) but it is not installable
Recommends: sane-utils (>= 1.0.31-4.1)
Recommends: ipp-usb
libsane1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
Recommends: sane-utils:i386 (>= 1.0.31-4.1)
Recommends: ipp-usb:i386
libsasl2-2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
Recommends: libsasl2-modules:i386 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u1) but it is not installable
libsasl2-modules-db:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libselinux1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libsensors5:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libsndio7.0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.16) but it is not installable
libsnmp40:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libsqlite3-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libssh2-1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libssl1.1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libstdc++6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.23) but it is not installable
libtasn1-6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libtiff5:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libtirpc3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libudev1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.30) but it is not installable
libunistring2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libunwind8:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.2.4) but it is not installable
libusb-1.0-0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libuuid1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libva-drm2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libva-x11-2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.1.3) but it is not installable
libva2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
Recommends: va-driver-all:i386 but it is not installable or
va-driver:i386
libvdpau1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.17) but it is not installable
Recommends: vdpau-driver-all:i386 but it is not installable or
vdpau-driver:i386
libwebp6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libwrap0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.11) but it is not installable
libx11-6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libxau6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libxcb-render0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libxcb-shm0:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libxcb1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.28) but it is not installable
libxdmcp6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libxext6:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libxfixes3:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libxml2:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
libxpm4:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installable
libxrender1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
libzstd1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
ucf : Depends: coreutils (>= 5.91)
wine-stable-i386:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.29) but it is not installable
Depends: libpulse0:i386 (>= 0.99.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libncurses6:i386 but it is not installable or
libncurses5:i386 but it is not installable or
libncurses:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libcapi20-3:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libcups2:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libglu1-mesa:i386 but it is not installable or
libglu1:i386
Recommends: libgsm1:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libodbc1:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libosmesa6:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libsdl2-2.0-0:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libv4l-0:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxcomposite1:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxcursor1:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxi6:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxinerama1:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxrandr2:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxslt1.1:i386 but it is not installable
Recommends: libxxf86vm1:i386 but it is not installable
zlib1g:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.4) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
After that, I looked up some solutions and saw someone suggest using aptitude since it can help solve issues, so I installed it and tried to install winehq-stable using it and got this:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
winehq-stable{b}
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,924 B of archives. After unpacking 74.8 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
winehq-stable : Depends: wine-stable (= 7.0.1~bullseye-1) but it is not installable
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) winehq-stable [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
Obviously I don’t accept this solution because I’d like to install Wine, so I entered n and got this:
(Character limit, hastebin link: https://hst.sh/comobabugi.yaml)
Now, I’m no Linux expert as I said above, but some of these packages that it wants to remove may be important, which is what I’m wondering – would this solve my problem with installing Wine and is it safe to accept this solution?
Please note: I also run Pi-hole (with web interface) and a Wireguard Server.
