WineHQ on Ubuntu 19.10

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 ' eoan Release' does not have a Release file.
E: The repository ' 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- | sudo apt-key add -
OK
antonio@mclinux:~$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb eoan main'
Hit:1 eoan InRelease
Hit:2 eoan InRelease
Hit:3 eoan-updates InRelease
Hit:4 eoan-security InRelease
Hit:5 eoan-backports InRelease
Ign:6 eoan InRelease
Hit:7 eoan InRelease
Err:8 eoan Release 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository ' 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,

2 Answers

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You have added deprecated/outdated repository, the developer has put up an announcement regarding this issue on the WineHQ mailing list .

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- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb eoan main'

Then install the packages.

sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-staging

_{According to , 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.

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

Don't use this repository:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb eoan main'

Use this repository:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb 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
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
rm -rf winehq.key
sudo apt-add-repository 'deb disco main'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

For testing, enter this command:

winecfg