[Wine] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 - Wine 1.1.35 - D&D Character Creator

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patryn150 wrote:
> When looking at some of these fixes, it mentions patching a file.  I tried following instructions on how to patch MSI for .net 4.0 (http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20128), it kept prompting me for the file to patch.  At that point, I got a little bit confused since I thought the patch was supposed to find the file.  
> 
> So, going back to the fact that I'm an extreme noob on this, how does patching a file work? If it prompts you for "What file do you want to patch", do you not have the file or is the path incorrect?  
> 
> Thank you for hopefully being patient with me.  :)


Patching Wine involves patching the source code and then building it yourself.

http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages (if your system is 32 bit)
http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit (if your system is 64 bit)
http://wiki.winehq.org/Patching