[Bug 3616] PlanBee will not install
SnapafunFrank
Frank at snapafun.co.nz
Wed Oct 19 06:42:01 CDT 2005
Wine Bugs wrote:
>http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3616
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>------- Additional Comments From xerox_xerox2000 at yahoo.co.uk 2005-19-10 04:09 -------
>Hi frank, i read your post on the user list:
>"1. I have BricsCAD for Linux installed and know that if I go for a clean
>install ( rpm -e wine then rpm -ivh wine~ ) this program gets
>uninstalled along the way and I lose all my user preferences - real
>bummer. ( I can not as yet track down what the preferences config file
>is nor whether or not overwriting the new installation with it will work.)
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>2. I also have CrossOver standard 4.2 installed which enabled me to
>install ( amongst others ) a program called PlanBee.
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>( PlanBee is the subject of the bug I've had with wine directly so not
>of major concern 'cause I will need to uninstall - reinstall PlanBee
>anyway to test for the bug.)
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>Q. I take it that I will lose all associations with these secondary
>installations by going for the clean installation so ask if there is a
>compatable alternative that will still ensure I get helpful info for the
>bug list ?"
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>I assume all your programs are installed in ~/.wine (please check) For testing
>you could just backup : mv ~/.wine ~/.wine_backup, update your wine package and
>test in a new created ./wine (just running "wine" will create this directory).
>This way you can always revert the changes you make by moving back your
>~/.wine_backup. BTW As of july there's no config file anymore, you have to use
>winecfg to set eventual preferences.
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Thanks for the reply and it is a handy reminder.
My main problem is simply that when I uninstall wine, BricsCAD will be
removed/uninstalled also.
I have no problem with 're-doing' everything with wine, my problem is
that I will lose all my user preferences for BricsCAD should I go this
way. ( BricsCAD is installed in /opt/bricscad but is somehow tied to the
wine installation.)
Note: BricsCAD would not install if I first did any form of
configuration with a clean install of wine ~ I needed to install wine,
install BricsCAD4Linux, install CrossOver, then re-install
BricsCAD4Linux to get both CrossOver and BricsCAD running correctly. As
by this installation on my system you can see that I at no time touched
anything to do with configuring wine.
At this point I followed the rule: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Then I used CrossOver to install PlanBee ~ that found some bug that I
have chosen to assist with.
So to recap: the wine config ain't the problem ~ it's retaining the
preferences with installed programs using wine that's the problem.
I guess I was hoping that a simple rpm -Uvh would be enough but I also
want to give the bug guys a correct report for what happens with the
latest wine package and PlanBee.
Still, the 'heads up' with winecfg is a great reminder and greatly
appreciated.
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Regards
SnapafunFrank
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