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Installing Wine into Ubuntu 5.10
I am trying to install Wine in a new Ubuntu 5.10 installation. I got repository errors that led me to the site and info below so I copied the 2 Breezy lines from “budget-- “ into the sources.list and I got the 2nd set of errors.
How can I install Wine or would CrossoverLinux obviate the need for Wine? They are similar but should I expect similar problems?
Thank you.
The WineHQ APT repository at sourceforge is now officially obsolete - it
was slow, would time out frequently, and could only handle one version
of a package at a time.
If you have one of the following lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list,
you need to remove it:
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt binary/
deb-src deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt source/
Instead, use one of the following two lines:
For Ubuntu Dapper (6.06):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main
deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main
For Ubuntu Breezy (5.10):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main
deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main
Budgetdedicated.com has nicely provided us with the new APT repository,
which has a ton of bandwidth and allows for different distributions, as
well as more obvious upgrading (to go from breezy to dapper, simply
change the word breezy to dapper just as you would with the official
repositories).
2nd set of errors:
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://wine.budgetdedicated.com breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.b
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://wine.budgetdedicated.com breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.b
How can I install Wine or would CrossoverLinux obviate the need for Wine? They are similar but should I expect similar problems?
Thank you.
The WineHQ APT repository at sourceforge is now officially obsolete - it
was slow, would time out frequently, and could only handle one version
of a package at a time.
If you have one of the following lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list,
you need to remove it:
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt binary/
deb-src deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt source/
Instead, use one of the following two lines:
For Ubuntu Dapper (6.06):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main
deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main
For Ubuntu Breezy (5.10):
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main
deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main
Budgetdedicated.com has nicely provided us with the new APT repository,
which has a ton of bandwidth and allows for different distributions, as
well as more obvious upgrading (to go from breezy to dapper, simply
change the word breezy to dapper just as you would with the official
repositories).
2nd set of errors:
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://wine.budgetdedicated.com breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.b
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://wine.budgetdedicated.com breezy/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/wine.b
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Yes, Ubuntu does include wine in the repositories, and you can sudo apt-get it.
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I could not find wine in the repository.
Is this the correct command?
gwatts@kk:~$ sudo apt-get wine
Password:
E: Invalid operation wine
gwatts@kk:~$
I downloaded a demo of CrossOver but I can't install it because of this error.
CrossOver help says try to open from command line but I haven't been able to get to the right place to open it from.
"Could not open the file "/home/gwatts/Downloads/i…
“gedit was not able to automatically detect the character coding. Please, check that you are not trying to open a binary file and try again selecting a character coding in the 'Open File...' (or 'Open Location') dialog.”
Here is my Source.list
After uncommenting the repositories and trying the su and also sudo commands “apt-get install wine” which did not work, I rebuilt the repositories (as instructed in the text I have for Ubuntu 5.10 which I am using instead of 6.10). See below.
Did I do it correctly?
Thank you.
I really appreciate the help.
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy main restricted
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
#deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe multiverse
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
#deb http://wine,sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
#deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/
#deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main
#deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy mai
No, the correct command is sudo apt-get install wine.
ASKER
Thank you.
What can I do about the crossover error?
I downloaded a demo of CrossOver but I can't install it because of this error.
CrossOver help says try to open from command line but I haven't been able to get to the right place to open it from.
"Could not open the file "/home/gwatts/Downloads/i…
“gedit was not able to automatically detect the character coding. Please, check that you are not trying to open a binary file and try again selecting a character coding in the 'Open File...' (or 'Open Location') dialog.”
The crossover download is in my home/downloads folder.
What can I do about the crossover error?
I downloaded a demo of CrossOver but I can't install it because of this error.
CrossOver help says try to open from command line but I haven't been able to get to the right place to open it from.
"Could not open the file "/home/gwatts/Downloads/i…
“gedit was not able to automatically detect the character coding. Please, check that you are not trying to open a binary file and try again selecting a character coding in the 'Open File...' (or 'Open Location') dialog.”
The crossover download is in my home/downloads folder.
You have to open it from a terminal, then going to the directory you downloaded it to and then entering the file name (sometimes you also need to add a ./ at the beginning of the filename). You should also make sure it is set to executable. The easiest is to use a file manager like konqueror, then right click on the file, then properties and then you can change the attributes.
ASKER
Thank you.
Now Firefox opens and disappears on hitting the first link. So I tried sudo firefox and it works OK for sequential links. So I downloaded Opra but I get the same "Could not open-----" I got on trying to open the CrossOver download. Firefox still disappears when I star it de novo. and hit the first link. I couldn't find any curative help on web searches.
Since I don't know how to do the basics you suggest, I will try to find a better source of instruction in moving around in Ubuntu and I will then reinstall and start over maybe Ubuntu 6.10.
Can you suggest a site telling me how to issue basic commands?
Can I install konqueror in Ubuntu?
Now Firefox opens and disappears on hitting the first link. So I tried sudo firefox and it works OK for sequential links. So I downloaded Opra but I get the same "Could not open-----" I got on trying to open the CrossOver download. Firefox still disappears when I star it de novo. and hit the first link. I couldn't find any curative help on web searches.
Since I don't know how to do the basics you suggest, I will try to find a better source of instruction in moving around in Ubuntu and I will then reinstall and start over maybe Ubuntu 6.10.
Can you suggest a site telling me how to issue basic commands?
Can I install konqueror in Ubuntu?
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Doesn't Ubuntu 5.10 include wine inside their repositories? Have you tried uncommenting the lines for all the repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then try su apt-get install wine?