wine users - Mar 2012 - "Wine despair" or "Am i a noob or just plain stupid?"

hi,

I want to share my odysse from yesterday until now with someone who might help
me.

(my real problem starts after the mass effect 3 part)

So yesterday I bought MassEffect 3 after reading the topic on it
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=25500
and
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=25350

hmm doesnt sound to bad, lets give it a shot...

Download and install Origin -> check
Download and install ME3 -> doesn't complete installation ->
anticipated
killing process as shown in post -> doesnt work -> searching
comment from xanders on origin post -> tried not working
hmm i work with Wine 1.3.28 -> update (Cut and paste old .wine folder to
secure it)

WineHq page for updating wine with Ubuntu (German) -> Installation under
Gnome and for Wine 1.2, Beta 1.3 .... out of date not helping
Installing Wine 1.4 from code with compiling -> install flex, bison, xorg-dev
-> check installation complete
start winecfg -> download gecko -> check
Lets do this thing better -> install prefixes -> wineprefix command not
found -> wtf?

Search internet -> no helpful results (search duration: 2-3 hours)
screw that i go back to 1.3.28 -> deinstall wine -> SoftwareCenter ->
no wine installed -> wtf?
search internet deinstall wine -> found "# make uninstall" in
installation folder -> check but terminal shows no signs of activity ->
winecfg "Hi I am still here" -> WTF!?
Search internet how to remove Wine -> no helpful results found ->
$%&$/ (Cursing censored)
WineHq Forum -> vent anger and despair -> hoping for help... pending

so I hope somebody reads and understands my problem and is able to help me.

Durin01 wrote:
> 
> Lets do this thing better -> install prefixes -> wineprefix command
not found -> wtf?
> ...
> screw that i go back to 1.3.28 -> deinstall wine -> SoftwareCenter
-> no wine installed -> wtf?
> 

Sure, If you compiling new wine, it couldn't be found in Software Center.

What the command did you use for wineprefix creation?

(btw, here is the program named Q4Wine for easy management with Wine prefixes
and its settings).

Wine 1.4 is available now in .deb packages from here:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ppa/+packages

Durin01 wrote:
> 
> I used the command i found on this page:
> 
> "codex-m at codex-m-desktop:~$ mkdir grandtheftauto
> 
> codex-m at codex-m-desktop:~$
WINEPREFIX="/home/codex-m/grandtheftauto" wineprefixcreate"
> 
> 

Exactly that command? Sorry, I meant without that "codex-m", sure?  :)
Or just likewise

Durin01 wrote:
> 
> codex-m at codex-m-desktop:~$
WINEPREFIX="/home/codex-m/grandtheftauto" wineprefixcreate"
> 
> and like described here
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1097547
> (wineprefixcreate --prefix ~/.Winetwo)
> 
> and the result was:
> wineprefixcreate: Befehl nicht gefunden. (Command not found in german)
> 
Those instructions must be pretty old; the wineprefixcreate command was
deprecated years ago. You also should not try to turn an existing directory into
a wineprefix.

If a wineprefix does not yet exist, Wine will automatically create it the first
time you run Wine with that wineprefix specified, e.g.,


Code:
WINEPREFIX=$HOME/newprefix winecfg



will create a wineprefix called newprefix in your home directory, then launch
winecfg.

Uninstalling wine:

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-2e99ab665e3b15d1880eff2bcbb640b2d5839586

"If you installed Wine from source, then use make uninstall in the source
directory to remove it"