[Wine] Re: Winetricks & gdiplus

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helikart wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install gdiplus using winetricks, but it seems that the MS site cannot be reached.
> 
> Here's what I get:
> 
> 
> Code:
> $ sh winetricks gdiplus
> err:menubuilder:init_xdg error looking up the desktop directory
> Executing wget -O ppviewer.exe -nd -c --read-timeout=300 --retry-connrefused --header Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe
> --2009-10-04 16:54:28--  http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe
> Resolving download.microsoft.com... 65.54.87.83, 65.54.87.88
> Connecting to download.microsoft.com|65.54.87.83|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
> 2009-10-04 16:54:28 ERROR 404: Not Found.
> 
> Note: command 'wget -O ppviewer.exe -nd -c --read-timeout=300 --retry-connrefused --header Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe' returned status 1.  Aborting.
> 
> 
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tom


I'm getting the same thing. The Microsoft site can be reached, but that file cannot be found. I did a search of http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ and it appears that the Powerpoint Viewer 2003, which is what winetricks uses to install gdiplus, is no longer available for download.