[Wine] Uninstall old wine version and install new version

James McKenzie jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 4 23:38:06 CDT 2009


Bakshara wrote:
> Gert van den Berg,
>
> Code:
>
> [Bakshara at Bakshara ~]$ echo $HOME
> /home/Bakshara
> [Bakshara at Bakshara ~]$ 
>
>
>
> Under that I found
>
>   
>> /download/wine-1.1.24.tar.bz2
>> /download/WineInstallLog
>> /Misc/Need2Scan/Linux/Wine/x86
>> 		50ComUpd.Exe
>> 		ReadMe.Txt
>> 	License.Txt
>> 	redist.txt
>> .config/menus/applications-merged
>> 	win-Programs-???
>> .local/share/applications/wine/Programs/???
>>
>> ???=Fantasy Grounds, M$ Office Powerpoint. M$ XML Parser, WinRAR
>>
>>     
>
>
> austin987,
> I tried this:
>
> Code:
>
> [Bakshara at Bakshara ~]$ sudo yum remove wine*
> [sudo] password for Bakshara: 
> Bakshara is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.
>
>
>
> ...and this: (It is VERY LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG, so I cut A LOT!)
>
> Code:
>
> [root at Bakshara ~]# sudo yum remove wine*
>
>
>   
Sudo is not required if you are logged in as root.  Now go back and
install, run and do whatever else you need to do as a non-root user. 

If Wine will not install for a non-root user, install it as root, but DO
NOT RUN IT AS ROOT!  This causes many problems.

James McKenzie




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