I've also modified the wine deb package, and am simply providing command lines for anyone with less hacking confidence.
~$ cp /var/cache/apt/archives/wine1.6_1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~ppa1_amd64.deb /tmp/wine1.6_1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~ppa1_amd64.deb ~$ cd /tmp ~$ mkdir wine-deb ~$ dpkg-deb -x wine1.6_1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~ppa1_amd64.deb wine-deb ~$ dpkg-deb --control wine1.6_1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~ppa1_amd64.deb wine-deb/DEBIAN ~$ rm deb/usr/bin/wine64 ~$ rm deb/usr/bin/wine64-preloader ~$ dpkg -b deb wine1.6-new.deb ~$ sudo dpkg -i wine1.6-new.deb ~$ sudo apt-get -f install -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1191276 Title: Installation of wine1.6 fails because of duplicate wine64-preloader To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+bug/1191276/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs