wine users - Dec 2008 - Problem installing latest version of Wine to Ubuntu (8.10)

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 [url]http://winehq.org/download/deb
[/url]
I went to Applications > System > Software Sources...then added the WineHQ
APT Repository under Third Party Software...downloaded and installed Scott
Ritchie's key and imported it through the "Authentication"
tab...selected it...then clicked close...I reloaded the applications...but then
I received the following error message:

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of
network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be
used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection
and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/dists/intrepid/Release
Unable to find expected entry  main/binary-powerpc/Packages in Meta-index file
(malformed Release file?)

Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used
instead.

Now, I am 200% sure my internet is working fine because my PS3 is directly
connected to my router with an ethernet cable, and I am able to surf the
internet fine while on my wireless laptop.

I have also tried to manually install Wine by entering the Command Line
Instructions from http://winehq.org/download/deb ..I received the same error
message through there, saying that some index files failed to download.

I even tried searching my Add/remove applications, but Wine is not listed in
there, nor is it listed in my Synaptic Package Manager...

Can someone please help me install Wine to my PS3 (Ubuntu 8.10)?

Thanks,

Richard

It searched for main/binary-powerpc in that repository
I dont know much about PS3, but the processor is a 64-bit-powerpc
you should try getting the wine-source and compile it or take a look at Darwine.
might be hard, but you will not find a deb-pack for it.

see:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwine/
http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX
http://wiki.winehq.org/GitWine

Its a nice idea, so tell us you experience

vitamin wrote:
> 
> Rico2005 wrote:
> > 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...
> 
> 
> You can't. Wine does not emulate CPU. The PS3 has CPU that is not
compatible with x86.
> 
> Even if you succeed and compile Wine on your PS3 it will NOT run any
windows program.
But Darwine emulates it, does it?

you may use QEMU to emulate a windows-machine or a linux machine which runs
wine.

On the road again....

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Andr? H." <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
>Sent: Dec 28, 2008 4:06 PM
>To: wine-users at winehq.org
>Subject: [Wine] Re: Problem installing latest version of Wine to Ubuntu
(8.10)
>
>you may use QEMU to emulate a windows-machine or a linux machine which runs
wine.
>
What is the status of running Wine with QEMU on the PowerPC.  I do have a
PowerPC that I am interested in testing several programs with.

James McKenzie

>>Rico2005 wrote:
>> 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...
>
>
>You can't. Wine does not emulate CPU. The PS3 has CPU that is not
compatible with x86.
>
>Even if you succeed and compile Wine on your PS3 it will NOT run any windows
program.
>
Vitamin:

You are correct, but QEMU does emulate x86 based processors on the PowerPC
platform.  I don't know how well, but I plan on asking someone who is
working on that project.  I've already asked here.

James McKenzie

Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???

2008/12/29 Andr? H. <wineforum-user at
winehq.org>:
> Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???
There are a few projects that use that name, hence the confusion. The
original combined Qemu with Wine to allow PPC computers to run x86
windows applications. That project has stalemated for some time.

The others build wine on intel macs, along with a few mac specific
hacks to run windows programs. That is what most mac users are using.

-- 
-Austin

>Andr? H. wrote:
>> Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???
>
>What about it? It's dead and never went out of early alpha stage.
>
It's not dead, yet.  The problem is that the folks who were working on it
stopped.  I've asked about the Mac PowerPC to x86 emulator, Q[:kju] and am
awaiting an answer from a very overworked developer.  Once I receive this
answer, I may decide to attempt to create a Darwine build with the latest code
and go from there.  It may be a while until all of the code will build and run
properly.
The code on the Darwine site is very, very old and contains many bugs that are
now fixed in the current Wine builds.  This does not equate to a 'dead'
project.

James McKenzie

James Mckenzie wrote:
> 
> > Andr?? H. wrote:
> > 
> > > Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???
> > > 
> > 
> > What about it? It's dead and never went out of early alpha stage.
> > 
> > 
> It's not dead, yet.  The problem is that the folks who were working on
it stopped,
Well that's the way open source projects die - no development == dead
project.