Having trouble updating wine with the online updater

dr_zayus69 · 04-23-2006, 04:48 AM

hi. im trying to update wine to a newer version. i installed it from the suse cds and i went through yast and then clicked on online update. I went to wine in the list and if i hold the cursor over it it says the wine avaible is newer. I tried clicking on it to change the symbol to the update symbol but it won't let me. Is there some less obvious way i was suppose to do it? I don't understand why it won't let me click on it. thanks for any replies in advance.

abisko00 · 04-24-2006, 06:42 AM

Do not use YOU (online update), try "Software Managment". YOU works only with special SUSE update sources, that may not provide this wine update.

Spudley · 04-24-2006, 07:42 AM

The version of Wine that Suse provides is pretty ancient; you're better off updateing to the very latest version by downloading the appropriate RPM from the WineHQ site, and then double-clicking on it from the desktop and running the installer.

That will get you up to the latest version, but Suse's auto-update system will then bug you about it forever because Wine changed their version numbering scheme, and Suse will think it's own version is more recent. Ho hum. Just stick with the version from WineHQ, and you'll be fine.