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Hey this is my first time trying Linux. I installed Ubuntu 9.04 about an hour ago. The reason why I installed was I wanted to play Diablo II. I tried everything and couldn't get the game to run on Vista. So I'm dual boot running Vista and Ubuntu. I wanted the easiest to understand Wine. I didn't want to download the developers version, I wanted the latest stable version. I downloaded

I want to install a new version of Wine because the one I installed with apt-get in Debian is quite old and buggy (0.9.25). So after doing "apt-get uninstall wine", I followed this guide (http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb), to install a newer wine version but encountered a few problems: 1. the guide says > Now you can install Wine by clicking this link. Alternatively, you

Hi, What would I need to do to make wine run LotrO on just one core, or How do I set it to use both to test if that helps?

i typed in the feisty code in terminal, and then i typed in sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install wine and i still cannot run a game of mine that is supposed to work with wine any advice?

I'm very new to linux and want to get to know it better, but the problem i have is what version of wine must i install and how it works. I am running Ubuntu 7.10 and would like to run a few apps from windows xp.(like office 2007 etc)

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 and now I've lost all wine functionality. How can I get wine working again? This is what I've tried: john at desktop:~$ sudo aptitude search wine p gnome-wine-icon-theme - red variation of the GNOME-Colors icon theme p libkwineffects1abi2 - library used by effects

Does it work? I've been trying to set up Steam under Wine for two days now but to no avail, I've got the Tahoma font, the Gecko engine and also tried with the .exe and .msi and nothing :( Using this guide (http://thepemberton.com/posts/archives/13), when I have to type "wine SteamInstall.exe -dxlevel 90 -novid" on the terminal all I get is this: > preloader: Warning:

I've downloaded Wine 1.1.7 and unzipped it onto my desktop. I've printed out the readme file and have followed the quick start by running ./tools/wineinstall (I'm doing all this by mouseclicks - no terminal). A dialog box flashes and then nothing happens. I can't stop this dialog box long enough to see if there is an error msg, so I don't know what is happening, except I

been waiting on new wine for a few days any idea if new build is going to be packaged for Lucid any time soon? I see if newest Ubuntu but not sure if and how i can update mine with that one

hi i've been trying to get an old game (Dune 2) which i used to play through DOS to work on Linux systems, i've not used this before and am in need of an 'idiot's guide to Linux' i've gotten as far as having unpacked the file and installed it on terminal, it now to the point of running the Setup.exe however when i try to run the setup, i get the following command line

Like topic says.. I removed wine doing this steps: -Synaptic -> remove -.wine -> removing every root inside the ".wine" root -removed the .wine menu now i'm trying to install it but nothing works.. DOING sudo apt-get install wine it says install complete but the .wine root is still empty ( and i'm unable to use any "wine" command ) INSTALLING from any new/old

I am a complete linux noob and I've downloaded and extracted wine and winetools... but when I got to the install application on wine and try to open it, nothing happens. Could someone help me install wine?

I tried to install Wine, but I get this message in console. /home/user> cd wine-1.0 /home/user/wine-1.0> .tools/wineinstall Wine Installer v1.0 Running configure... checking build system type ... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld checking host system type ... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld checking whether make sets $(MAKE) ... no checking for gcc ... no checking for cc ... no checking for cl.exe ... no

How do I compile Wine properly ? We (Ubuntu users) must wait 2~3 weeks for the .deb package to be released. I want to learn how to compile it myself... With: Code: ./configure make sudo make install I don't have the ALSA driver installed (or at least it says that ALSA is not working and will be removed)... So any help would be appreciated & my english sucks

How i can get the newest wine without broking my Ubuntu install? + Steam I have installed Steam I have installed on steam - Counter Strike source + Day of Defeat Source. They both need new font (CSS fonts are criples, but DODS fonts - black boxes). When i have lunched game and join to server - i get into it but i cant push the first button on game and it quits automaticaly after 3 seconds or so.

Hi, I am a nooby to Linux...I recently installed Ubuntu (8.10) to my PS3, in hopes of installing my Windows games (i.e. Steam, Call of Duty, etc.)...I've been researching linux applications that allow me to install Windows based applications, which is how I came across Wine... I followed the step by step procedures on how to install the latest version of Wine to Ubuntu 8.10 from

I'm on Ubuntu Lucid with the Wine PPA in my repos, and wine --version still gives "wine-1.2", not 1.3.0 and on. What's the magic incantation to get the dev releases? - d.

Hi, Couldn't find the answer searching the forum. I would like install Wine on a system that has Ubuntu 9.10 but NO access to the Internet. I have another system with Ubuntu 8.04 which can access Internet, but the instructions at http://www.winehq.org/download/deb seem to imply that it would install the Wine on my 8.04 machine. Is there any binary I could download that I could put on a

Hi, I'm preparing some brief instructions for someone on how to get Wine 1.0 set up on Ubuntu 8.04, and I'd like them to be as simple as possible. Is it possible to use apt-get to install Wine 1.0-rc3 (or other 1.0 versions)? So far I've managed to get 0.9.59, but nothing later. I know I can get the .deb package directly, but I thought if apt-get could do it, that would be easier

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 with WINE 1.2. I had to replace my hard drive, so this is a fresh install of both Ubuntu and WINE. I can accept the user agreements and open the installer, but when I get to the world.MPQ (i think thats the file) file, WINE crashes and tells me there was something wrong and the install hangs at 24%. I'm fairly new to Ubuntu AND WINE so I don't know where to