WINE on ubuntu amd64

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 11:03

How do I install wine on my amd64 ubuntu?

Seems they haven't released a 64 bit version, so I can't install it normally. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97026 (post 5) says that you can install it from the deb using force-architecture. That looks like it works, it says installing and all that. But where are the actual files? And how do I run it?

Another way was chroot but that confused me horribly.

Thanks

Cob · 28 Jan 2007 at 11:24

Do you now have a c folder in Home? That's the Windows folder. You can launch most .exe's in that folder by choosing to open them with Wine.

Some need to have Wine set to Windows 98. You can do that by typing winecfg in a terminal.

Any that won't install can often be run by copying their Program Files folder over from your XP installation.

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 11:29

No, no c folder.

Code:

lou@lou-desktop:~/wine$ sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture wine_0.9.12~winehq1-1_i386.deb
dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
 package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
(Reading database ... 92481 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace wine 0.9.12~winehq1-1 (using wine_0.9.12~winehq1-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wine ...
Setting up wine (0.9.12~winehq1-1) ...

But where is it? :confused:

/wine is where I put the .deb by the way.

Cob · 28 Jan 2007 at 11:44

I would try the latest version (v0.9.29).

There's a good guide here but you need to go near the end of the thread to find 0.9.29.

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 12:13

Cob said:
I would try the latest version (v0.9.29).

There's a good guide here but you need to go near the end of the thread to find 0.9.29.

Getting closer

Downloaded http://rapidshare.com/files/11405931/wine_0.9.29-1_amd64.deb
Ran sudo dpkg -i on it.
Said everything was fine. It now appears as installed in add/remove programs (hooray).

But er, where is it?

Cob · 28 Jan 2007 at 12:19

Mine's in Home/c

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 12:34

Wierd.

It clearly thinks it's installed.

Cob · 28 Jan 2007 at 12:35

Search your Filesystem for c

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:07

How did you get it working?

Cob · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:25

Is there a Wine option just before Add/Remove in your Applications menu?

And I *think* this was how I installed it.

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 13:50

Cob said:
Is there a Wine option just before Add/Remove in your Applications menu?

And I *think* this was how I installed it.

The script installs everything fine by the looks of it. Hopefully the other stuff I did hasn't left too much rubbish behind.

Ha, that's great. It's just like windows

\o/

Now for steam and css

joeyjojo · 28 Jan 2007 at 21:36

After much hassle, the best solution I have found is to:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297280
Save to desktop and run "sudo dpkg -i wine_0.9.28-1_amd64.deb" (obviously depending on the filename)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WineForAMD64
Run the script for your distro.