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onit
Asked: 2019-11-21 16:43:56 +0800 CST

WineHQ on Ubuntu 19.10

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I have been following wine's steps to install winehq, but despite I've seem to be done all I can, I keep getting this error:

The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.

If anybody could shed a light as to where I should go from here, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Here is the updated output, after I've tried the suggestions below:

antonio@mclinux:~$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 
antonio@mclinux:~$ wget -nc -qO- https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
OK
antonio@mclinux:~$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ eoan main'
Hit:1 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ricotz/unstable/ubuntu eoan InRelease
Hit:3 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease    
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease                                
Hit:5 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease                             
Ign:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan InRelease                          
Hit:7 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan InRelease            
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan Release      
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/wine/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

Could you help me see what's going on?

Cheers,

wine ppa winetricks 19.10

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    does not have a release file indicate the repository has no support for your Ubuntu release, in this case it's Ubuntu Eoan → 19.10.

    You have added deprecated/outdated repository, the developer has put up an announcement regarding this issue on the WineHQ mailing list https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2017-March/117104.html.

    You have to follow the new guide for installing Wine, luckily the Wine team has made this easy by posting a complete guide on their site— which you can uses with your 19.10.

    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 
wget -nc -qO- https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ eoan main'

    Then install the packages.

    sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-staging

    According to https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/eoan/main/binary-amd64/, the only available version is: staging and devel

    UPDATE

    The new repo works fine, it's just you haven't removed old obsolete repo which you added before.

    sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:wine/wine-builds
sudo apt update

    Now there should not be any error.

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  2. My solution for 19.10; (It's worked for me on Ubuntu 19.10)

    Don't use this repository:

    sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ eoan main'

    Use this repository:

    sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/bionic main'

    "eoan main" is recommented by winehq official website but not works. If you trying using 19.04 repository on 19.10, its works fine :)

    If you want to use WineHQ for 19.10, enter this commands;

    (Switch to "root" user.)

    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
rm -rf winehq.key
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ disco main'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

    For testing, enter this command:

    winecfg
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