GDebi re: wine32:i386: "Error: no longer provides wine32"

As of Lubuntu 17.04, the situation is the same.
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scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AMPLUS:~$ uname -a
Linux scott-ASUS-M2N68-AMPLUS 4.10.0-19-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 6 17:04:57 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AMPLUS:~$ lsb_release -dsc
Ubuntu 17.04
zesty
scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AMPLUS:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION
Lubuntu

wine32:i386 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
"The list of installed files is only available for installed packages"

I couldn't see the package in /var/apt/cache/archives (although it turns out it was there),
and I told Synaptic to re-install, but with "Download package files only". Synaptic shows that the size to be downloaded was "0 B", and apply does not result in the download/install windows.
When I finally saw: "wine32_1.8.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb", it was not 0B, but "171.4 kB (171,434 bytes)", so I don't know what is up with this package...

[The good news: with Lubuntu 17.04 and wine 1.8.7-1ubuntu1, my Windows development GIMP 2.9.5
installs and loads fine (have not tried to do anything yet, but...)]

I assume synaptic has a problem with packages like wine32 which are not available on the native architecture:

Package: wine32
Architecture: any-i386 any-powerpc armel armhf
Multi-Arch: foreign

Re-assigning to synaptic accordingly.

Within the wine packaging I think this issue is handled appropriately.
- wine depends on wine64|wine32
- wine64 recommends wine

This way wine32 should be installed as soon as the foreign arch (i386) is added to the system.

If wine32 is not installed and you start wine from the command line you'll get a warning hint:

  multiarch needs to be enabled first. as root, please
  execute "dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update &&
  apt-get install wine32VERSION"

Marking as invalid in wine therefore.

(see my last comment in the bug tracker)

I don't quite understand your answer...

"If wine32 is not installed..."
But it IS installed -
scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AMPLUS:~$ apt-cache policy wine32:i386

wine32:i386:
  Installed: 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.8.7-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.8.7-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

but for some reason the Installed Files list does not show files, but just the
wierd message: "The list of installed files is only available for installed packages".
And when I tried to see the files in the .deb file ("/var/cache/apt/archives/wine32_1.8.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb"), GDebi gives the wierd message:"Error: no longer provides wine32" (see attachment screenshot) (I WAS able to look at the included files, though...
so why Synaptic could not do so is beyond me...)

Sorry, for the long delay.

Yes, wine32 is installed at your computer. But if it was not installed, then you would get the above mentioned message.

Maybe your original problem was the wrong command to run the program, which is a .bat file. I don't the answer how to solve this, but a quick web search gave this result:
  https://askubuntu.com/questions/736338/running-windows-bat-file-on-wine-cmd
Otherwise ask at the support channels at winehq.org.

I filed bugs against gdebi and synaptic for their wrong output.

Greets
jre

>Yes, wine32 is installed at your computer. But if it was not installed,
>then you would get the above mentioned message.
But it IS installed and I DID get the above-mentioned message...!

>>Yes, wine32 is installed at your computer. But if it was not installed,
>>then you would get the above mentioned message.
>But it IS installed and I DID get the above-mentioned message...!

Not sure, if there is still something to settle out. But to avoid further delays, let's both always literally cite the messages we refer to.

You have confirmed with "apt policy wine32" that it is installed - good.

Your initial issue with running the Windows version of Gimp with Wine is solved - even better.

GDebi tells you "Error: no longer provides wine32"
--> This is a bug in gdebi, therefore I added gdebi to this bug report, and additionally filed #865580 against gdebi in Debian.

Synaptic tells you "The list of installed files is only available for installed packages"
--> This is a bug in synaptic, therefore I added synaptic to this bug report, and additionally filed #865578 against synaptic in Debian.

Finally, I mentioned that if wine32 is not installed and you start wine from the command line you'd get a warning hint:

  multiarch needs to be enabled first. as root, please
  execute "dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update &&
  apt-get install wine32"

So when you said in your previous message

  But it IS installed and I DID get the above-mentioned message...!

did you refer to this hint? Then we'd really have a bug in the wine packages.
In that case I'd ask you to post (again) the output of thefollowing commands:

apt policy wine32
dpkg --print-architecture
dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
ls -l /usr/lib/wine*
wine --version

Greets
jre

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

No, marking as Invalid because the release is EOL is not correct. Please don't do this, dino99.

Reporter, is this still present on 17.10?

>Reporter, is this still present on 17.10?
I believe it was.

I now have Lubuntu Next 18.04
(as soon as I have time, I'll install a daily of Cosmic and see what
if anything has altered between 18.04 and "18.10")
and Synaptic still reports "The list of installed files is only available for installed packages" for wine32:i386

scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ apt-cache policy wine32:i386
wine32:i386:
  Installed: 3.0-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.0-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Thanks Scott, please do so.

And for bug triagers: I'm really not interested in looking into and verifying bugs, just to see them closed without a fix. There definitely was, and most probably is, an issue in gdebi and synaptic related to multiarch.

Besides that, bug triaging work is of course hugely appreciated!