[Wine] Re: how to run commands in "top-level directory"

[Jfreaker]

Charles Davis wrote:
> On 7/3/10 6:52 PM, Jfreaker wrote:
> 
> > thanks! but what does "cd" mean?
> > 
> Change Directory. Like Thomas said, to use it, you have to open the
> Terminal app (it's somewhere under the Applications menu, I can't
> remember where because I haven't used Ubuntu in so long :).
> 
> But seriously, why are you trying to install Wine 1.0.1? It's very old
> (over a year and a half), and it's about to be replaced with Wine 1.2.
> In fact, if you have problems running a program under Wine 1.0, everyone
> here will tell you it's time to upgrade to the latest Wine 1.2 release
> candidate.
> 
> Also, that statement in the Wine 1.0 readme is outdated. The
> "recommended" way to install Wine from source now is to say these magic
> incantations (by which I mean, run these commands from Terminal):
> 
> cd /path/to/wine/sources
> ./configure
> make depend
> make
> sudo make install
> 
> Replace '/path/to/wine/sources' with the actual path to the Wine
> sources. So, if they were in /home/chip/wine-1.2-rc6, you'd 'cd' to
> /home/chip/wine-1.2-rc6 in that first command. You can omit 'make
> depend' in the Wine 1.2 RC.
> 
> To run a command in Terminal, all you do is type it in and press
> Enter/Return. That's all we'll say about that; if you want more
> information, there are plenty of good Unix command-line tutorials on the
> Internet. Remember, Google is your friend.
> 
> Chip
ok, and thanks! I tried the current 1.2 release and it doesn't run the app i need. i'll just wait until the stable version is released.

anyone know when this will be?