[Wine] Which Wine Download?

[Zac Brown]

Hi Bamm,

If you can wait till Monday, I'll put it on my list of things to do. I don't 
have access to a machine I can run Mandriva on to find the proper packages etc.

Cheers,

Zac

Bamm wrote:
> stevecarter wrote:
>> Hi Zac,
>>
>> I'm back again with ongoing problems.
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>> I have successfully installed the 1.0-rc4 version of Wine according to your script.
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>> I have installed a simple Windows program (no .NET of anything like that) and the icon is in the menu and on the Desktop.
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>> However, when I try to launch it the "Eggtimer" rotates for a short while but then nothing else happens.
>>
>> How do I find out what has gone wrong?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Stephen Carter
>>
>> PS - Do I need to change the subject heading?
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> Hi Stephen,
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> This means the installer worked fine, but the application itself is having problems running under Wine.
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> To know what error messages it sends, you must cd to the directory which you installed it, probably "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/some folder" and then run the program via the command line as "wine filename.exe" without the quotes.
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> The error messages will be seen in the console.
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> To Zac Brown,
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> My laptop uses Mandriva 2008, and although there are builds for it, I would like to experience how to compile Wine on it. I am more of a Linux user than a dev so these things are not yet within my skill level.
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> If it isn't too much of a bother for you I would love it if you could write me a script like what you did for Stephen.
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> Regards,
> Bamm
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