wine users - Jan 2010 - First time Ubuntu 9.10 user trying to install wine-1.1.36.

I'm hoping there is someone out there that can help me with my dilema.

This is my first time using linux after being hammered by a friend for years to
try it.  So when i found out that I would be able play my windows based games
and other programs using wine I finally caved in and decided to give it a try.

One problem though. I use wifi for my laptop and have no internet conection for
the desktop.  I tried getting help from my buddy and all he's ever done to
install packages is through the internet not by downloading to one computer and
installing on another.  So I'm at a loss.

I was wondering if anyone out there would be kind enough to give me step by step
instructions on how to solve my dilema.  Any and all help will be greatly
appreciated.

Things I've tried: Downloading wine onto laptop and saving on flash drive.
Transfering to desktop and extracting.

I tried to use the synaptic package manager to install it but it doesnt come up
as in the library under any source.

I've also read that you can make an install CD but i havent found any
information on what state the package has  to be in  in order to make it work.

Am I on the right track at all.  Please help

Gill_85

If you have an RJ45 cable you could share the internet connection on
your laptop over to your Desktop. This documentation should give you
some pointers on how to do that..
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing

I should mention though that it was written assuming both your
computers are using Linux so maybe you have to skip some of these
steps.

Another thing you could do is go to http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and
download the package from there. If you have already done that and
installed it try doing "wine --version". If it comes up with the
version number then it's already installed.

If you're still having problems you could try building from source and
installing that way. Perform the command detailed in section 2.2 of
this guide to download the code.. http://wiki.winehq.org/GitWine ..
and then see this page for compiling and installing it.
http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/installing-wine-source

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:10 AM, gill_85 <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> I'm hoping there is someone out there that can help me with my dilema.
>
> This is my first time using linux after being hammered by a friend for
years to try it. ?So when i found out that I would be able play my windows based
games and other programs using wine I finally caved in and decided to give it a
try.
>
> One problem though. I use wifi for my laptop and have no internet conection
for the desktop. ?I tried getting help from my buddy and all he's ever done
to install packages is through the internet not by downloading to one computer
and installing on another. ?So I'm at a loss.
>
> I was wondering if anyone out there would be kind enough to give me step by
step instructions on how to solve my dilema. ?Any and all help will be greatly
appreciated.
>
> Things I've tried: Downloading wine onto laptop and saving on flash
drive. Transfering to desktop and extracting.
>
> I tried to use the synaptic package manager to install it but it doesnt
come up as in the library under any source.
>
> I've also read that you can make an install CD but i havent found any
information on what state the package has ?to be in ?in order to make it work.
>
> Am I on the right track at all. ?Please help
>
> Gill_85
>
>
>
>
>
>

gill_85 wrote:
> 
> I was wondering if anyone out there would be kind enough to give me step by
step instructions on how to solve my dilema.  Any and all help will be greatly
appreciated.
> 
> Things I've tried: Downloading wine onto laptop and saving on flash
drive. Transfering to desktop and extracting.
> 
> 

It sounds like you've downloaded the source code. Does the filename end in
.tar.bz2? If so, that's source, and you can't just extract and install
it, you have to build it. If the file ends in .deb, you've got the binary,
but you shouldn't extract it; you have to install it with your package
manager. (The binary is what you want, unless you really want to learn how to
build from source.)

As for installing the .deb once you have it, I don't use Ubuntu, so I'm
just guessing here, but after copying the .deb file to the target computer, try
double-clicking on it in your file manager. Hopefully, that will bring up the
package manager. If it doesn't, try right-clicking and see if something like
"install with package manager" is one of the options. If neither of
those work, ask on the Ubuntu forum. There's definitely a way to install
.deb packages from your local hard drive.

Ubuntu installation instructions here : http://www.winehq.org/download/deb .
Make sure to use the latest development version when reporting issues here.