[solved]How do I get a different version of Wine?

[robert.thompson]

Hello:

For the past 3 weeks, on and off, I have been trying to get my Google Sketchup app to work in LMDE.

I have done the obligatory regedit 0 to 1 but still no go.

I have reviewed some posts on getting Sketchup running and noted that many people are not running Wine 1.0.1, which is what I get through Synaptic.

Could this be the problem?

If so, how do I go about getting a different version of Wine?

Thanks,

[vrkalak]

Have you checkout the main Wine website? The Wine Forums? Wiki pages?

Main Wine site > http://www.winehq.org/
Wine Forum > http://forum.winehq.org/
Wine Wiki pages > http://wiki.winehq.org/

Ask your questions about working with Wine ... and getting your particular Windows program up and running.
In this regard, I have always found the "Wiki pages" to be extremely helpful, as well as, the Help Forum.

The WineHQ website has resources where you can download another version of the Wine application.

However, this will probably come as a .tar.bz file and not a .deb ? Do you know how to compile a program from source?

[Chris_C]

Also the software manager already has the current stable version 1.2.2

[dagon]

He's on LMDE. Them poor guys are still on puny 1.0.1
Debian Unstable version is 1.1.24-2
I don't know how unstable the unstable is though.

[Chris_C]

Ah you're right Dagon didn't even see that. Robert what made you pick LMDE? For the Rolling updates? If you are a newbie (Like me) I think Linux Mint says it best:
Cons of LMDE:

# Compared to a frozen version of Linux Mint which changes very little once it's publicly released, it's not as stable. Things are likely to break more often but fixes can also come quicker. For this reason, LMDE requires a deeper knowledge and experience with Linux, dpkg and APT.
# Debian is a less user-friendly/desktop-ready base than Ubuntu. Expect some rough edges.

[robert.thompson]

Hello:

Blew out Linux Mint Debian and installed Mint 10 - SketchUp works perfectly.

Thanks,