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How do I install and run wine, please?

Asked by Roger Munns

I am a novice in Ubuntu (10.10) and have difficulty understanding how to install and run programmes.

I want to be able to use astronomical graphics programs like Registax; most of these do not run under Linux. So I want 'wine' installed, so I can then use such programmes.

I have downloaded wine 1.1.15 and now have a box upon screen. This box is headed

wine-1.1.15.tar.bz2

and contains 9 folders:

dlls
documentation
fonts
include
libs
loader
programs
server
tools

and then a further 13 sections, for example README VERSION configure configure.ac

In the box near the top right it says all of the above folders and files are located in

/wine-1.1.15/

I just now have now idea how to proceed so as to complete the installation and then to be able to download and run my 'windows'-type programs.

Please could someone help me, gently? Thanks.

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Best John Shortland (jshortland) said : 		#1

You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa to your system's Software Sources.

To do this open the Terminal and type the following:

1. Type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
2. Press Return

This will get the GPG key and add the repository to your sources.list

3. Type: sudo apt-get update
4. Type: sudo apt-get upgrade
5. Type: sudo apt-get install wine

This will update the installed version of Wine to the current version in the Wine PPA (1.3 @ Time of writing)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

It is VERY rare to actaully download apps like you do in Windows. Ubuntu uses the package system a LOT to install stuff and makes life EXTREMELY easy. I suggest you first consult the software centre to see if the app you require is there before doing pretty much anything regarding istalls

As you are playing with wine, you should also check the appdb, this is a list of apps and how well (if at all) an application will run. Not all applications works, some require a LOT of extra settings and files but some work beautifully. This is completely dependant on versions of Wine, the version of the app and indeed the app itself.

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&sTitle=Browse%20Applications&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true

Will help

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Roger Munns (roger-munns) said : 		#3

I'm a novice.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Givesn, but doesn't "Software centre" which is in the first level in the application menu sound like something you would go for?

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Roger Munns (roger-munns) said : 		#5

Actionparsnip; please tell me how to do this, rather than admonishing me for not knowing what to do. After what you said I did look but it was a waste of time.

John Shortland;

I tried your suggestion, but at the very end I got to a box (Microsoft End User Agreement) asking me to agree terms and conditions. There was no way of accepting, because everything locked up. I had to restart 'puter to gain control.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Click applications -> software centre then in the search bar type:

wine

Then mark it for installation.

If you explore some you will learn more.

To accept the EULA you use TAB then enter

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Roger Munns (roger-munns) said : 		#7

John

I tried again, but this time after I enter

sudo apt-get update

I get a message

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Now I'm stuck!

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Roger Munns (roger-munns) said : 		#8

I shut down and restarted, it automatically corrected problem and (I think) I now have wine installed!

Thanks to all.

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Roger Munns (roger-munns) said : 		#9

Thanks John Shortland, that solved my question.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

Glad you got the gold.

You can only have ONE application accessing the packages at one time. Opening software-centre does this too and would have caused the issue.

You can check wine is installed by clicking the Application menu and you will see it. Any apps you successfully install in wine are accessible from there.

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John Shortland (jshortland) said : 		#11

@ Roger Munns - No problem Roger. Make sure to check the entries in the AppDB for the applications you are going to try run in wine.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#12

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&sTitle=Browse%20Applications&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true