best source for wine

[craigevil]

download all of the files for whichever system you have install either amd64 or 32bit/i386

Directory listing | Wine (wine-unstable) packages - http://dev.carbon-project.org/debian/wine-unstable/

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amd64 packages

    libwine-alsa-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-bin-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-capi-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-cms-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-dbg-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-dev-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-gl-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-gphoto2-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-ldap-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-openal-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-oss-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-print-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-sane-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    libwine-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    wine-bin-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb
    wine-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_amd64.deb

i386 packages

    libwine-alsa-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-bin-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-capi-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-cms-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-dbg-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-dev-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-gl-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-gphoto2-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-ldap-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-openal-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-oss-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-print-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-sane-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    libwine-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    wine-bin-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb
    wine-unstable_1.5.0-0.2_i386.deb


cd to the directory (I create a folder named wine)
then run

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

If you run into any errors run

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apt-get -f install

It helps to make sure you have a debian unstable/sid repo in your sources.list
something along the lines of:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

Of course you can use a different mirror, what ever works best for you.

If you are running LMDE tracking Debian Stable your safest bet would be to use the Mepis8.5 repo rather than the above steps.

[CapitalG]

You only need to install these three packages to get Wine up and running:

libwine-unstable
libwine-bin-unstable
wine-bin-unstable

Put the downloaded packages together in a folder. Right-click on the folder icon and select Open Terminal Here, then in the terminal, enter:

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sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Deciding which other packages to install will depend on what facilities you want available in Wine. For example, if you want audio, install libwine-alsa-unstable, and so on.

sounds easy enough..thanks

[neon_overload]

The reason there is no official wine in Mint is that it was removed from Debian testing part way through 2011 and hasn't been re-added since.

This was due to build problems due to unsatisfied build dependencies or something. Wine support in Debian has been "troubled" for years now, either packaging an ancient version or removing it altogether. They are simply having problems building it "properly, the Debian way" for newer versions. There was a big debate about it before Squeeze was released with some favouring removing it altogether, well it didn't happen then but it looks like it happened about a year later.

You can keep track of what's going on here: http://packages.qa.debian.org/w/wine.html

In the meantime, you'll need to go elsewhere for wine - either to winehq's beta versions for Debian unstable: http://www.winehq.org/download/debian
(these are likely to break, and may not be patched)

Or to lamaresh's repository for Debian: http://www.lamaresh.net/
Maintained, though probably not to Debian's high standards.

Or get wine from Debian unstable. But keep in mind this is an ancient, and possibly broken (read the above package QA page) version which may even pull in a bunch of other stuff from Debian unstable that you didn't want.

There is also a wine-unstable package in Debian unstable but it comes with the same warnings from me. And it's a similar version to the one you'll get from lamaresh's repository, which is probably safer on a relative scale.

[äxl]

This tutorial should also work with (from WineHQ suggested) carbon-project.org: viewtopic.php?f=197&t=99465

[benjie1]

Best source to download and install wine - from synaptic package manager, software manager or from wine?

How do I delete this topic?

[seppalta]

Here is a detailed recipe that has always worked for me: http://lxlinux.com/debian.html . See [7]. Replace 64-bit packages with ones labeled 32-bit if that is your system.

[zerozero]

locked at the OP's request
(apart from that the info here atm is outdated)
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