Wine?

Has anyone here managed to successfully install the latest version of wine onto their aspire one?

if so, how did you do it? because i want to install it but dont know how XD

 

I believe you need to find out if the latest version of wine has been compiled with you distro. The version that is known to work for your distro is probably in the repos for your distro even if it is not the latest. Of course you could compile it your self but that is something I am not able to do even though I have been running Linux (several distros) for a couple years now.

 

well my aspire is running on the preset linpus lite, which i think is pretty cool by the way lol

how do i access the repository?

 

helloo? anybody?

 

The macles blog (on blogger is well worth reading.

I can't remember ATM how to enablr repositiries but if you have some enabled you can use the right click menu (if you have enabled it) to install wine. That's the easiest fo begineers like you and I.

 

You need to turn on the advanced mode. http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/posting.php?mode=reply&f=5&t=9915 Then you can download wine through the add/remove software package manager by right clicking on the home page.

 

i have turned the advanced mode on, isnt that the same as using yum to install it though?

edit: yeah it is, its the same version, how can i get the most up to date version?

 

I'm using Linux Mint on my AA1 and there wasn't any problem at all installing and using Wine. I'm using Wine for Spotify by the way.

 

The repositories should contain 1.0.
If you really, really want 1.1.13, I fear you must compile it from source yourself.

 

if by the repository you mean the add or remove programs thing in the advance tools, theres definitely only 0.9.47 there :/

 

Or you could just use a site on the internet like rpm search http://rpm.pbone.net/
on that site you would find rpm for wine version 1.1.9
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/download.../8/i386.newkey/wine-core-1.1.9-2.fc8.i386.rpm
click on above link and open with software installer.

 

is this adding a repository? because thats what ive been told i have to do, if i know how to add a repository im supposed to be able to get the latest version but i dont know how to do that

 

If you click on above link it will automatically install wine its a rpm package file

 

im not sure if it should be like this but its taking forever to load the page, my internet is fast and its fast on every page except the rpm one T_T

Edit: oh never mind, its installing now XD thanks!!!! ^_^

 

ok, the thing that installs doesnt seem to allow me to use winefile :/ and im not sure but i think i need that (if you wanna know why, i think the only other way is navigating my directories with the terminal and im not too sure how to do that still, i can do it but knowing me id mess something up)

how can i get the full package instead of just the core thing? by full package i mean the configuration thing, winefile and all that other stuff

 

You can reach them with the regular file browser by opening "My Disk", pressing "Ctrl-H" (reveales hidden directories), and opening ".wine" and then "drive_c".

The full Wine version 1.1.9 is available from the package manager once you've updated the repositories.

 

ok, so the package manager is like that rpm or add and remove programs? and how do i update repositories?

 

Yes.

viewtopic.php?p=22596#p22596

 

oh yay thanks, it turns out i actually updated yesterday when trying to get manaworld to work on here lol

now i just need to figure out how to install stuff with wine :/ lol

thanks for all your help

 

Hi, yes installing almost anything with Wine was a bit of a trial for me, even with the latest version. Are you really against taking a look at Crossover Office? I downloaded and tried the demo of that a few days ago and minus a few problems programmes such as Office installed really easily. Where as I spent the best part of a day trying it with Wine and ended up getting little beyond a sea of error messages when it came to installing office, but other apps sometimes were a little easier.

Anyway on a side note, I would appreciate any comments people have on their long term experiences of Wine or Crossover. The latter only provides a 30-day demo which is almost enough, but as with nearly all computer software it's often months later when you try an obscure function /feature that things start going wrong. I would appreciate any comments people have especially with respect to running Office 2003 - which I have manged to install but produces a few errors from time to time. I am using the standard version fo Linpus plus a few extensions and hacks but don'r want to go down the route of trying out various Linux versions.

I have read some comments here and elsewhere which paint a positive view, especially of Crossover, however my own experiences while ok are still not exactly 100%.

Kind regards,

rod