[Wine] Re: problems with 1.2.3 and World of Warcraft

hibba wineforum-user at winehq.org
Thu Jul 21 21:14:09 CDT 2011


Jim Hall wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, zalaey <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> 
> > i haven't tried a install from dvds since the computer's dvd drive is now broken and i do not have cd-roms for said game. mounting a remote dvd player worked with limited sucess until the same problem was encountered again
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> First, make sure you have the latest dev version of Wine (1.3.x). The
> only .deb I can find on Wine's download page is for Sid, so you'll
> have to compile for Squeeze. There's a link to a list of Recommended
> Packages at the bottom of the page.
> 
> If you've paid Blizzard for the game (in other words, it's legal), try
> a net install from them. That should take care of your CD situation.
> Make sure Wine itself works first (including IE6 at minimum). You'll
> need IE to accept the EULA"s. Directions for the download are on the
> Blizz site.
> 
> Jim


On a side note, I'm not sure if you need IE6 to install WoW anymore... I thought I read somewhere that they changed it.  

Hibba.







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