[Bug 32873] Wine unable to install

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32873

--- Comment #3 from Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> 2013-02-01 22:06:39 CST ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Wine is unfortunately almost impossible to use. 
> I first installed wine 1.2.2 from the repository. Then tried to use it to
> install MSOffice2003. Didn't work.

That's a really old wine version, there's been a new stable release since then,
and many development releases. Try in 1.5.23.

> Then I uninstalled that wine version and tried installing a newer one.
> Impossible. there is a link on your site to wine 1.4. When using the link to
> install wine, I get a cryptic message that it is "virtual". 
> When using the link to 1.5, I get a message that it is not found.
> 
> I've now tried to locate it somewhere else on your site. Lot's of referrals,
> nothing useful; going in circles or to dead ends. 
> 
> 2 things would improve things a lot:
> 1: clearly state what version(s) can be used.
> 2: make those versions available and installable.

Those are packaging problems, report them to your distribution.

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