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Old 09-09-2004, 08:52 PM   #1
monroehips
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Installing Wine -- Slackware 10.0 (help)


I'm having trouble installing Wine on Slackware 10.0 (as the subject may suggest). I've already downloaded and extracted Wine-20040813-i686-S10.tgz according to the HowTo on the wineHQ site (sorry, I'm not cool enough yet to post a link to the site). (I do realize this package states that it is for Slackware 9, but I could find no later release). I followed the HowTo directions, but the suggested command of ' ./configure && make depend && make && su -c "make install" ' wasn't accepted. Someone on mIRC suggested that it was already configured so I didn't need that extra step, but when I loaded my gui and attempted to run Wine, I got error messages stating it did need to be configured.

Clearly I'm really new to this. Can anyone offer idiot instructions??!

Thanks!!
 
Old 09-09-2004, 11:41 PM   #2
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well first and foremost before you start troubleshooting all that
you did download a *.tgz file, which is a slackware package ..
so all you have to do is type as root :
Code:
installpkg Wine-20040813-i686-S10.tgz
oh and just go here for one built for slack 10
http://www.linuxpackages.net/download.php?id=3295

Last edited by DrOzz; 09-09-2004 at 11:43 PM.
 
Old 09-10-2004, 06:30 AM   #3
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I would also get a copy of winetools, which will help you set up your config file

http://www.frankscorner.org/winetools/downloads.html

If you plan to run photoshop you might need to replace X.org with XFree86 4.4, which can be found in the unsupported folder on any slack mirror.
 
Old 09-10-2004, 07:52 AM   #4
monroehips
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thank you both =)
what a great plan for friday night, i may have to cancel our dinner plans!
 
Old 09-13-2004, 01:58 AM   #5
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I just did the same

Using the new package from linux packages worked great. I did not have a need for the tools however. Below are some helpful tips for running Wine in Slack 10.0:

1. If you do need to run from the Konsole or Shell the you might need quotes as seen below in this line:

wine "c:\Program Files\Corel\Bryce 5\bryce5.exe"

2. Another key note is that some programs behave terrible when run in KDE desktop.
Using a simple desktop such as failsafe which comes with Slackware can help out a lot as it did with Bryce5.0 mentioned above.

3. A common post around the forums is that many people cannot find /root/.wine/ where the fake c: windows partition is kept. You may need to enable "show hidden files" in your file browser.

 
Old 09-13-2004, 07:12 AM   #6
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cannot find /root/.wine/
You shouldn't be running wine as root
 
  


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