Newbie...WINE setup?

[Bob Kubinec]

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"Darren Noll" <dbnoll03 at home.com> wrote in message
news:3ACD0BAD.B3C9A2C at home.com...
> Hi all, I just installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Powerpack Deluxe, and now I
> am installing programs. First I installed AIM. That worked fine, but now
> I want to install a windows emulator for my games. I have been told to
> use WINE. I downloaded the RPM, opened it and hit "Install". But I got
> some errors. Now you have to understand I know almost NOTHING about
> linux. I am a very advanced Windows user but linux is new to me. Here is
> the error message I got when trying to install WINE.
>
> Dependency Problem:
> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by wine-cvs-unstripped-040501-1
>
> Help! I think I may be missing a file or something. But I don't know. I
> got an error like this when trying to install LICQ too, but alot mor
> files were listed.
>
> Thanks for your help!

Well, what you most likely were doing was downloading rpm's from the
cooker - which is the development version of the next mandrake distro. That
wouldn't be a problem, except that they always update core system files,
like glibc (incredibly crucial). The bummer is that upgrading glibc is so
dangerous few people are ever willing to try it. It would be like compiling
your own Windows 9x and installing it by hand...

So, the point is to get some good starter linux docs, read about tar.gz's,
then download the wine source and compile it by yourself.