Can't install PlayOnLinux

Question

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 playonlinux : Depends: python-wxgtk2.8 but it is not installable or
                        python-wxgtk3.0 but it is not installable
               Depends: cabextract but it is not installable
               Depends: icoutils but it is not installable
               Depends: p7zip-full but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Solution 1

Most likely the

sudo apt-get install -f

will fix the issue. The needed packages will be installed.

You could install PoL an easier way from Ubuntu repositories by

sudo apt install playonlinux

but that could install not the very latest version.

Now you can remove the custom repository by

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt purge playonlinux
sudo apt install playonlinux

this will install PoL from Ubuntu repos.

Solution 2

Go to software & updates and switch to main server.

sudo apt install -f && sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt install playonlinux

Ubuntu has playonlinux on it's repo. So you didn't have to add repositories by yourself.

Comments

[Pilot6]

What is the Ubuntu version? How did you install PoL?

[Kanyebestgirl]

ubuntu 16.04 get -q "deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add - sudo wget deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_trusty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install playonlinux

[Kanyebestgirl]

Thanks for the response i tried but the same error still comes up

[Pilot6]

It is possible that the version from pol repositories is not compatible.

[Pilot6]

I updated the question.

[Kanyebestgirl]

same error comes up should i reboot or something else

[Kanyebestgirl]

thanks for the help still have the error ill try rebooting

[Pilot6]

You can install from the PoL repo too. But I do not think there is much difference.