world of war craft

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20549

There is a howto there which tells you step by step how to install it

i am doing the install and i need to copy whats on the dvd to a file on my desktop but when i copy it its say The folder "DirectX" cannot be handled because you do not have permissions to read it. what do i do to fix that

try:

gksudo nautilus

copy the folder, then copy the rest as you did before, you will need to chown the folder to your username as the copy will be owned by root.

what does chown the folder to mt user name and how do i do that im sorry im new to ubuntu

Press Alt+F2 and write what actionparsnip said (gksudo nautilus), give your password and then navigate to your DVD device and copy the files to somewhere easy to find again.
After copying is complete, right click the folder you copied into and select Properties.
In the window that appears, go to the Permissions tab and make sure that your user has access to read the folder, then click "Apply Permissions to Enclosed Files".

This last part (making sure you can read the files) is what can also be done through the Terminal using the command called chown.

thank you that worked now there is another problem when i run wow and it is at the end user licence agreement the accept button does not activate when i get to the end

This is a problem with Wine's mimicry of Internet Explorer (used by WoW to show various interface elements).
You should be able to fix it by updating Wine - instructions are here: http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

ok i finally got the installer and after going through hell to get my firewall to let in the right ports its now sayin that the blizzard installer is having problems saving

Are you running the installer as root or as your normal user?
If you could post the details about how you run the installer, that might shed some light on the issue.

i was running the installer as a normal user

how do i do it as root

You don't install as root, install as your normal user. You only install wine as root (and to do that you use sudo)

then why wont it save after it installs then goes to the blizzard downloader it gets to 92 percent and says that there were multiple problems saving it

There might be problems with the permissions on your Wine folder.

Try opening a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and write (replacing "yourusername" with your user name):
sudo chown -R yourusername. ~/.wine

then enter your password when you're asked.

Now try running the installer again.

allright that worked now there is yet another problem when i click play the screen goes black for a second then reappears with the desktop icons bigger then the screen dims to a gray color then like 30 seconds later it undims but the icons are still big and then a wow error pops up but doesnt tell me what it was help i want to play this game so bad and have been trying for 3 days

Haven't seen that error before... Try running the game in a window by opening Winecfg (Applications->Wine->Configure Wine), go to the Graphics tab and toggle on "Emulate a virtual desktop" and size it to something reasonable, like 1280x1024 or similar and start WoW again.

that worked thank you but i have yet another problem i created the charecter and when i hit enter world error pops up and says wow.exe has encountered a serouis problem and needs to close what is going on now this is driving me crazy

i got the error# 132 (0x85100084) fatal exception
exception 0xc000005(access_violation at 0073:7a1dd94a

Well, I'm at a loss as to what's going wrong.
Maybe it would be easier to run WoW through CrossOver Games (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames/) - it's a special version of Wine already set up to handle most popular games (including official support for World of Warcraft) and the money you pay for the product helps fund the development of Wine.
They have a 30 day, fully functional, trial version.

i got it working i had to run in open gl mode added it to the wtf config file but how do i get the sound working

I have the same problem with other Wine programs in Ubuntu.
My solution is one of three - I'll list them in least obtrusive order (run in the Terminal):

Persuade Wine to work with PulseAudio (the sound server in Ubuntu):
padsp wine C:\\Path\\To\\WoW.exe

Persuade Wine in a different way:
aoss wine C:\\Path\\To\\WoW.exe

Disable PulseAudio temporarily so Wine can use the soundcard:
pasuspender wine C:\\Path\\To\\WoW.exe

Shut down PulseAudio temporarily so Wine can use the soundcard:
killall pulseaudio; wine C:\\Path\\To\\WoW.exe; pulseaudio &

I hope this helps.