need help installing wine

thedjwiththebeats · 07-08-2005, 09:35 AM

ok i am a complete noob to linux and would realy like to have wine on my system. im running auditor security collection (its one of those no install run from cd 1's) whitch aparantly is based on debian, i have read many forums and none have helped me! i wasnt sure what file to get i.e .tar.gz or .deb or what!? also i would like to install amsn but have had no luck with that eather!
any help would be grately apreciated

thanx in advance
tom

namish · 07-08-2005, 10:57 AM

If you download the tar.gz package of wine, this is how you install it.

Code:

tar zxvf wine.x.x.x.tar.gz
cd wine.x.x.x/
./configure
make
su
[enter root password]
make install

This is the general pattern for installing most applications, but you should always read the READMEs.

thedjwiththebeats · 07-08-2005, 11:38 AM

ok kool thanx. it all worked. BUT i had to do a little moving of files as most of linux on my system is read only! i used an external harddrive and installed it from there but ummmm..... wers it gone? it said it installed all perfectly with no errors etc but i cant find how to open it, it doesnt seem to be in the start thing (sorry so used to windows i dont know any linux terminology!)

thanx
tom

namish · 07-08-2005, 12:40 PM

Ok, I'm not quite clear about your situation. Is auditor security collection installed on your regular hard drive, your external hard drive, or are you just running it as a livecd?