[Wine] error using winetricks

[Austin English]

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, James
McKenzie<jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Austin English wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, n2media<wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
>>
>>> ~/.winetrickscache
>>> says bash: /home/john/.winetrickscache: is a directory
>>>
>>> how do i know if wine tricks is installed correctly?
>>> when i downloaded the script i didnt know how to install it (new  to linux)
>>> so i just typed ./winetricks in terminal
>>>
>>> if this wrong can someone help me install it correctly please
>>>
>>
>> It's just a shell script, doesn't need installation. Just chmod it +x
>> and use ./winetricks.
>>
>> To be sure, try:
>> $ rm -rf ~/.winetrickscache winetricks
>> $ wget kegel.com/wine/winetricks
>> $ sh winetricks jet40
>>
>>
> Also, to check winetricks you can type in ./winetricks.  You will get a
> rather lengthy dialog box with all of the options for winetricks.  If
> you get an error, such as 'unable to execute winetricks' then you will
> have to use the chmod program to set the execute bit like so:
>
> chmod u+x winetricks
>
> and then run the command a second time.
>
> James McKenzie

Or just use 'sh winetricks' instead.

-- 
-Austin