wine users - Aug 2008 - Unable to install program: admin rights not continued

I am new to Wine so this may just be a stupid newbie trick.  I did search this
forum, the FAQ, and the documentation and didn't see this problem mentioned.
I am attempting to install WordPerfect from CDs on a new Ubuntu setup.  It
appears to initially work (after asking for the root pwd) then it pops up an
error "You do not have administrator privileges on this machine. Setup
cannot continue".

I have the following:
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Wine 1.0

in Ubuntu, I bring up the "run application" window and then type  
Code:
gksu /media/cdrom0/setup32.exe

   I've also tried adding "wine" before that address.  Everything
comes up with the same error (with the heading SetupMgr).

I have also tried clicking on the setup32.exe icon, running from a terminal
window, everything brings up the identical error.

I did NOT run wine as root.  The docs say wine should run as root, but it looks
like something is not getting the correct permissions.

Any suggestions gratefully accepted ...

polypody wrote:
> 
> I did NOT run wine as root.  The docs say wine should run as root, but it
looks like something is not getting the correct permissions.
> 
> Any suggestions gratefully accepted ...
Read FAQ. gksu/sudo/su is running as root.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-96bebfa287b4288974de0df23351f278b0d41014

I understand -- what I meant was in the system, wine should be already running
with root permissions.  I did not myself invoke root privileges to run wine. 
Thus I am confused why the setup thinks it does not have the correct
permissions.

polypody wrote:
> I understand -- what I meant was in the system, wine should be already
running with root permissions.
Not correct. Wine does not need to be run as root AT ALL. Not a single piece of
it. You install and run programs on Wine as a normal user.