wine users - Jul 2010 - how to run commands in "top-level directory"

I'm trying to install wine 1.0.1 and I've run into a bit of a road
block. the README file says that when compiling wine from source it's
recommended that you use the wine installer to build and install the program. it
then says to run ./tools/wineinstall from the "top-level directory"
but i'm not sure exact;y how to do that.

so the question is, how do i run this command from the top-level directory? what
does this mean, and how do i do it?

Jfreaker wrote:
> I'm trying to install wine 1.0.1 and I've run into a bit of a road
block. the README file says that when compiling wine from source it's
recommended that you use the wine installer to build and install the program. it
then says to run ./tools/wineinstall from the "top-level directory"
but i'm not sure exact;y how to do that.
> 
> so the question is, how do i run this command from the top-level directory?
what does this mean, and how do i do it?

The "top-level" directory is the same directory as you were reading
the README from, so simply "cd" (with the terminal) into that
directory and then run the command they have listed.

Hope this helps.

Charles Davis wrote:
> On 7/3/10 6:52 PM, Jfreaker wrote:
> 
> > thanks! but what does "cd" mean?
> > 
> Change Directory. Like Thomas said, to use it, you have to open the
> Terminal app (it's somewhere under the Applications menu, I can't
> remember where because I haven't used Ubuntu in so long :).
> 
> But seriously, why are you trying to install Wine 1.0.1? It's very old
> (over a year and a half), and it's about to be replaced with Wine 1.2.
> In fact, if you have problems running a program under Wine 1.0, everyone
> here will tell you it's time to upgrade to the latest Wine 1.2 release
> candidate.
> 
> Also, that statement in the Wine 1.0 readme is outdated. The
> "recommended" way to install Wine from source now is to say these
magic
> incantations (by which I mean, run these commands from Terminal):
> 
> cd /path/to/wine/sources
> ./configure
> make depend
> make
> sudo make install
> 
> Replace '/path/to/wine/sources' with the actual path to the Wine
> sources. So, if they were in /home/chip/wine-1.2-rc6, you'd
'cd' to
> /home/chip/wine-1.2-rc6 in that first command. You can omit 'make
> depend' in the Wine 1.2 RC.
> 
> To run a command in Terminal, all you do is type it in and press
> Enter/Return. That's all we'll say about that; if you want more
> information, there are plenty of good Unix command-line tutorials on the
> Internet. Remember, Google is your friend.
> 
> Chip
ok, and thanks! I tried the current 1.2 release and it doesn't run the app i
need. i'll just wait until the stable version is released.

anyone know when this will be?