lostwages/templates/en download-deb.template
Jeremy Newman
jnewman at wine.codeweavers.com
Fri Feb 9 11:52:59 CST 2007
ChangeSet ID: 30929
CVSROOT: /opt/cvs-commit
Module name: lostwages
Changes by: jnewman at winehq.org 2007/02/09 11:52:59
Modified files:
templates/en : download-deb.template
Log message:
Scott Ritchie <scott at open-vote.org>
Update the download-deb page with better information, notes for 64 bit
users, clearer instructions.
Patch: http://cvs.winehq.org/patch.py?id=30929
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diff -u -p lostwages/templates/en/download-deb.template:1.13 lostwages/templates/en/download-deb.template:1.14
--- lostwages/templates/en/download-deb.template:1.13 9 Feb 2007 17:52:59 -0000
+++ lostwages/templates/en/download-deb.template 9 Feb 2007 17:52:59 -0000
@@ -34,15 +34,27 @@ list of trusted APT keys by copy and pas
<p>Then, you can install Wine from WineHQ like it were any other package, such as by
using the Synaptic Package Manager under System->Administration. Alternatively, you
-can install from the terminal by running '<b>apt-get update</b>' to update APT's
-package information and then '<b>apt-get install wine</b>'.</p>
+can install from the terminal by running '<b>sudo apt-get update</b>' to update APT's
+package information and then '<b>sudo apt-get install wine</b>'.</p>
+
+<h2>64-bit Users:</h2>
+
+<p>Note that, at this time, the entries above are for <i>i386 users only</i>. Attempting to
+use these repositories with a different architecture (eg amd64), will result in 404 errors
+as APT will be looking for files not in the repository.</p>
+
+<p>While there is currently no Wine package explicitly designed for the 64-bit version
+of Ubuntu, there is an easy hack that can be used to install the 32-bit package
+into the 64-bit distribution and have it function normally. See
+<a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/UbuntuAMD64">this page on the Wine wiki</a>
+for more details.</p>
<h2>Debian Users:</h2>
<p>If you are using Debian and want to make sure that apt-get will install the
WineHQ Wine package instead of the Debian Wine package (which sometimes confuses
-APT by having the same version number), then you will need to add something like
-the following entry to /etc/apt/preferences:</p>
+APT by having the same version number), then after following the instructions above
+you will also need to add something like the following entry to /etc/apt/preferences:</p>
<i><p>Package: wine<br>
Pin: release l=WineHQ APT Repository<br>
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