Can't Install Winbind

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I need to install Winbind but get the following errors:

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The following packages have unmet dependencies.
winbind : Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.15.5~dfsg-0ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:4.15.5~dfsg-0ubuntu5) but 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.6 is to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.15.5~dfsg-0ubuntu5) but 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.6 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

How do I go about resolving those issues, if they are resolvable?

Using Zorin OS 17 Pro (with latest updates).

I'm not an expert, so please keep instructions easy to follow.

Many Thanks.

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Are Winbind from the repositories or have you added a 3rd party repository? Is your system up to date?

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Hi,

System is up-to-date.

Was trying to install using:

sudo apt install winbind

It's for use with PlayOnLinux4, which when I was using Ubuntu 22.04 (and then 24.04) I had to install in order to make it work properly - trying to install World of Warships via the official installer (not through Steam as I can't transfer my account to Steam). Without Winbind it fails to install, but on ubuntu with winbind it did work. I've moved to Zorin as my parents are also using it and I can assist when needed and try stuff on Zorin before installing it on their system.

Thanks.

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Have you ever used apt to hold packages? That final line looks like something you're holding (telling the system not to update) is in the way.

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Before doing anything else you need to press the left shift key to see the GRUB menu at boot time, if it does not show you may need to edit GRUB:

Making changes as outlined in the post I have linked should now show GRUB menu when you start the machine. Choose 'Advanced/Recovery' option at boot.

  1. Enable networking.

  2. Drop to root prompt and enter:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Afterward, don't select continue. Power off the machine and reboot.
Now try installing Winbind again.

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No, not that I'm aware of, and it's pretty much new install.

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This is just to install the game World of Warships correct? Have you tried using Lutris in order to install? I see they have multiple installers built in that would hopefully get it working for you without much hastle. I've never been a huge fan of play on linux, tended to make things more annoying than anything else in my past.

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Hi,

Tried the above and still have the same error:

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.
winbind : Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.15.5~dfsg-0ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwbclient0 (= 2:4.15.5~dfsg-0ubuntu5) but 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.6 is to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.15.5~dfsg-0ubuntu5) but 2:4.15.13+dfsg-0ubuntu1.6 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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The reason it's holding those packages back is because they have dependencies with the old version (2:4.15.5) but a new version is trying to install (2:4.15.13). Therefore, since something is still requiring the old version, the system is stopping you from installing the new one, because that would potentially break something from not working. Typically this resolves itself over time, and if you just went through the GUI updater would never see it, but terminal will tell you these things.

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Just another thought, are your software sources for updates set to your country server? Latest packages are sometimes slow at reaching these servers. Start Software Updater, stop it before it fully launches, click on 'Settings', then select first tab and change software sources from your country server to 'Main Server' and try again. Another avenue is to install Synaptic Package Manager:

sudo apt install synaptic

Then:

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I have tried all of the above.

Nothing worked that solved the issue.

I then did a wipe and re-install of Zorin 17 Pro. The first thing I did was to install winbind (via sudo apt install winbind) this worked.

However after then doing all the updates etc I installed playonlinux via flatpak and it has problems.

So I'm calling it quits.

I've now got Lutris and Heroic installed and got World of Warships installed on Lutris.

Thank you for all of your input, it was appreciated.

12

Did you try installing Play-on-Linux as a .apt instead of flatpak.
Or, Zorin Windows App Support as .apt (which includes Play-on-Linux), from the Software store?

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Yes to both.

Given up, and got it running through lutris.