Very basic question concerning compiling WINE
Medland, Bill
Bill.Medland at accpac.com
Mon Aug 12 10:18:06 CDT 2002
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Rubenstein [mailto:SJR at electricspectric.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 6:11 PM
> To: wine-devel at winehq.com
> Subject: Very basic question concerning compiling WINE
>
>
> *** I hope this isn't appropriate, in that I posted this same
> question
> to wine-user at winehq.com. I'm still not sure who reads what. ***
>
> I am an intermediate Linux user. I dual boot into Redhat 7.3
> and Windows
> ME. It would be nice to be able to run the stuff in Windows
> from Linux
> (for 2 reasons: to avoid booting and rebooting, and trying to
> get away
> from Windows altogether someday), so I am now learning WINE.
>
> I see a bunch of postings on this list about compiling.
> Question: Would
> I expect to compile, as opposed to just running the WINE
> configuration
> that came with Redhat 7.3? (Probably a pretty broad question, but if
> anyone has a word to say, I'm all ears.)
>
> SJR
>
>
>
I echo Tony's views. However the following might be useful to you.
It is possible to get approximately monthly updates to the rpms on RedHat;
the LinuxEasy rpm copies available via www.winehq.com/downloads (if they are
available) are in the correct version. I would certainly say that you will
need to upgrade or replace the one that comes with RedHat 7.3. It's great
that RedHat provide it but that version is woefully out-of-date now.
However I would seriously advocate building from scratch. (Before doing so,
remember to uninstall the wine that RedHat put there).
I have been building Wine on RedHat for a year and a half now; on RedHat 7.3
for many months. I find it quite easy.
Bill
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