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Wine on Ubuntu 8?

Asked by WestinLohne

The installer wont let me install Wine the windows emulator? Why?

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Omegamormegil (omegamormegil) said : 		#1

I take it you are running the Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 development version.

What happens when you try to install wine? Are you using Add/Remove... or Synaptic?

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WestinLohne (westinlohne) said : 		#2

I'm using add or remove and it does not let me check the box next to the Wine logo.

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said : 		#3

You might want to go synaptics and update the repositories. I have just tested what you described and have no problems checking the box.

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WestinLohne (westinlohne) said : 		#4

Here is the link to what i see. I took a screen shot of it.

http://flickr.com/photos/westinlohne/2265840410/

The box is unable to be checked as you see here. I updated everything in synaptic too!

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Best williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#5

Ensure that you have the proper repositories enabled, and issue the command:

apt-get install wine

Ubuntu 8.10 is in an Alpha state, it has lots of large changes daily and things will break on a constant basis.
You may want to refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing about Debugging and reporting procedures.

Best Regards,
Williamts99

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WestinLohne (westinlohne) said : 		#6

westin@westins-desktop:~$ apt-get install wine
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
westin@westins-desktop:~$

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#7

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root? <----- Are you root?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

sudo apt-get install wine

Best Regards,
Williamts99

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WestinLohne (westinlohne) said : 		#8

Thanks williamts99, that solved my question.