I've been trying to install "Windows App Support" but keep getting the message "The following packages have unmet dependencies:" and then no list as one would expect. The same happens when I try to install PlayOnLinux.
Am I missing Wine or something?
I suspect this may also be why I cannot run Steam games even though I have Steam Play and Proton enabled as per this guide.
I'm running Zorin 16.3 Core.
Also run
dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
If it prints i386, then you are fine. But if it does not then run:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
Can you instead open terminal (It is verbose) and run
sudo apt install zorin-windows-app-support
Please relay the output.
dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
returns i386 as expected.
sudo apt install zorin-windows-app-support
[sudo] password for andree:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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:
zorin-windows-app-support : Depends: winehq-stable but it is not going to be installed or
wine
Depends: playonlinux but it is not going to be installed
Depends: python2 but it is not installable
Recommends: wine-stable-amd64 but it is not installable or
wine64 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: wine-stable-i386:i386 but it is not installable or
wine32:i386
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Ok, lets run
sudo apt --fix-broken install
Once that is done, run:
sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/focal/winehq-focal.sources
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable
If all of the above successfully runs and installs wine, then run:
sudo apt install playonlinux
Trying it now. Running a slow connection so will get back to you once done. 
@Aravisian Worked well up until sudo apt install playonlinux
sudo apt install playonlinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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:
playonlinux : Depends: python2:any but it is not installable
Depends: cabextract but it is not installable
Depends: icoutils but it is not installable
Depends: jq
Depends: mesa-utils but it is not installable
Depends: python-wxgtk3.0 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Try
sudo apt install -f
sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
I've... never seen that after running that particular command...
Uhh...
Did POL install?
It did not.
I've switched from bash to zsh in the terminal but that shouldn't have made any difference right?
Edit: switched back to bash. No difference.
No, I use zsh, too.
I do not know what is with the rash lately of dependency issues with wine stuff...
I also use aptitude, so this may be helpful:
I do not use Wine or POL though.
My zorin install is fresh from yesterday and I don't feel I've done anything crazy with it. Could it be something is broken in 16.3 or my install was somehow corrupt?
I think it is most likely caused by Wine repos, POL repos and the dependencies they have in each.
In the article above, for example, they needed to downgrade a few packages to get everything to install.
Alright, thanks for your help. Not really sure how to move forward with this. May need to hop distro if it doesn't work out easily.
Have you looked at the link I posted?
Will check out out tomorrow. Not familiar with aptitude so I'm not sure what the solution entails.
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