I'm new in Linux (Ubuntu 8.04) and pre-new in Wine. Apprently 1.0.1 is the latest stable release, but I can't find a way to get it by following any of the links on the WineHQ pages. I always end up at a page that's warning me I'll be downloading a beta version, even though I've clicked on a link that promises 1.0.1 All help welcome, but please don't point me to a tar.gz - I have enough to try & assimilate at present :? Thanks edzell
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.0.1 im in the same boat as yourself tho
elexes <wineforum-user at winehq.org>>Sent: Jan 21, 2009 2:05 PM >To: wine-users at winehq.org >Subject: [Wine] Re: How to get 1.0.1 > >http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.0.1 > >im in the same boat as yourself tho >Have you checked the Ubuntu fora for any ideas on how to get a specific version of software? James McKenzie
elexes wrote:> http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.0.1 > > im in the same boat as yourself thoI guess you found that following the links from that url didn't get you to 1.0.1 either? Only to a page with the big beta warning?
James Mckenzie wrote:> elexes <wineforum-user at winehq.org> > > > Sent: Jan 21, 2009 2:05 PM > > To: wine-users at winehq.org > > Subject: [Wine] Re: How to get 1.0.1 > > > > > Have you checked the Ubuntu fora for any ideas on how to get a specific version of software? > > James McKenzieNo, I came straight to winehq, imagining that would be the simplest way to get the most appropriate wine. Following the download links gets me this: Warning: These are beta packages The packages here are beta packages. This means they will periodically suffer from regressions, and as a result an update may break functionality in Wine. If the latest stable release of Wine (currently Wine 1.0.1) works for you, then you may not want to use these beta packages.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:33 PM, edzell <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> > James Mckenzie wrote: >> elexes <wineforum-user at winehq.org> >> >> > Sent: Jan 21, 2009 2:05 PM >> > To: wine-users at winehq.org >> > Subject: [Wine] Re: How to get 1.0.1 >> > >> > >> Have you checked the Ubuntu fora for any ideas on how to get a specific version of software? >> >> James McKenzie > > > > No, I came straight to winehq, imagining that would be the simplest way to get the most appropriate wine. Following the download links gets me this: > > Warning: These are beta packages > > The packages here are beta packages. This means they will periodically suffer from regressions, and as a result an update may break functionality in Wine. > > If the latest stable release of Wine (currently Wine 1.0.1) works for you, then you may not want to use these beta packages. > > > > > >In all honesty, use the development release, unless you know of some regression that breaks it for you. -- -Austin
[/quote] In all honesty, use the development release, unless you know of some regression that breaks it for you. -- -Austin[/quote] Hi, Austin. Thanks for the advice, but I have to say it sounds a bit like "Eat the mushroom you've been warned against unless you really know it will do you harm." As a newbie I'm still trying to figure out which apps I'll want to use and how to get ,install and evaluate them. Whether some version of wine will have "regressions" (what are they?) that will break something I try to use - or what sorts of frustration I'll be faced with trying to fix the break - is not anything I have a clue about. I don't see the point of risking that when a) I don't have to and b) I don't yet really know what I'm doing. What I do know is that the winehq pages carry a warning against the latest releases and suggest I use 1.0.1 instead. So it's a mystery why I'm then unable to find it and am even being advised here, not to look for it. Are you saying the warning has no validity? Sorry if this sounds argumentative, but no one has answered my question, which is - how do I get the version that the wine pages recommend me to use? Cheers, edzell
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:01:54 -0600 "edzell" <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> I'm new in Linux (Ubuntu 8.04) and pre-new in Wine. Apprently 1.0.1 is the latest stable release, but I can't find a way to get it by following any of the links on the WineHQ pages. I always end up at a page that's warning me I'll be downloading a beta version, even though I've clicked on a link that promises 1.0.1Wine 1.0.1 is in hardy-updates repo. To set it you may need to use "Force version" in "Package -> Force version"
edzell wrote:> > Sorry if this sounds argumentative, but no one has answered my question, which is - how do I get the version that the wine pages recommend me to use? >If your distro doesn't provide packages, you have to build it from source.