19.1 Making Wine work
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19.1 Making Wine work
Not long ago while trying to solve some Wine issues with 19.1 I included the comment "19.1 sux". I have been a dedicated mint mate user for a long time but when I installed 19.1 I tore my hair out trying to get Wine working (as much as I disliked Windows I ran into 2 programs I can't live without) but gave up and installed Ubuntu Mate. Ubuntu's OK but a little wonky for me, it's appearance is hokey, and it's just not as intuitive as mint. I kept going back to mint 19.1 trying to solve the Wine issue. VIOLA!!! IT'S VERY SIMPLE - INSTALL WINE 4. Then you get back the "Wine Windows Program Loader" option on right click. I tried a bunch of methods to install Wine 4 but the best is at https://kifarunix.com/how-to-install-wi ... ebian-9-8/ . It's instructions to install on Debian but it works VERY well on Mint. I'M BAAACK!
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Much better to use the wine instructions specifically for Mint/Ubuntu:natchezjohn wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:27 pmI tried a bunch of methods to install Wine 4 but the best is at https://kifarunix.com/how-to-install-wi ... ebian-9-8/ .
https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Whatever works best for you. Wine 4 is the issue, no need for Winetricks,Play on Linux, etc.
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
You're missing the point. It's not helpful to refer folks to a tutorial written for a different operating system. And unnecessary since WineHQ has instructions for doing this in Mint. BTW, it's water under the bridge for you now, but not difficult to get the Program Loader in 3.0.
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
> It's not helpful to refer folks to a tutorial written for a different operating system.
That's not true, there are many times when getting the right answer is via another distro's forums or help pages (because they are different distros, not different operating systems...big diff). I've recently read a post in Reddit's Linux section, that it's a good idea to bookmark the Arch wiki, because often you'll find the right solution there, no matter what distro you actually run. If you stick to your own distro's forums trying to resolve a problem--after you've posted it a week or more previously, without any answer--you may turn into a skeleton before you get the right result, if at all. Not all forums are created equal.
My own experience with Linux has proven the wisdom of this, as I have resolved many an issue via a forum that is not specific to the distro I'm currently using.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/

My own experience with Linux has proven the wisdom of this, as I have resolved many an issue via a forum that is not specific to the distro I'm currently using.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
> VIOLA!!! IT'S VERY SIMPLE - INSTALL WINE 4.
Thank you, Natchezjohn, for the tip. I will follow through with your suggestion re. a successful Wine install.
Thank you, Natchezjohn, for the tip. I will follow through with your suggestion re. a successful Wine install.
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
I had a problem with the WineHQ, can't remember what.
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Because you have an incomplete command and an un-closed single quote; so you're recommending using weird installation instructions because you made a typing mistake with the correct instructions.natchezjohn wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:40 pmI knew (disrememberd, I'm 80 years old btw) there was a reason not to use the WineHQ thingee: Copy of my terminal
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john@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/
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and you get an endlessly pulsing (after the>)
BTW It should be
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sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Yeah you right. Excuse me
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
I followed the instructions for loading Wine 4, now where do I find the Wine windows program loader? 

Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Apparently they stopped adding wine stuff to the menu ("Apparently" because I don't use menus, so it's hearsay).
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wine name.exe
file-browser -> .exe file -> rt-click -> open with -> choose or type 'wine'.
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
OK, I have Wine working but now I have another problem with it so I better get my own post. Thanks for the help, I hope to have as much help with my new post as there has been with this one.
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Bereft of clues ... hard landing ahead ...Mint Lounger wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:47 pm> It's not helpful to refer folks to a tutorial written for a different operating system.
That's not true, there are many times when getting the right answer is via another distro's forums or help pages (because they are different distros, not different operating systems...big diff). ...
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Under "Installing without Internet", it says the following:
Finally, on the machine without internet, install all of the packages from the flash drive:
cd /media/usb-drive/deb-pkgs
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
"Bereft of clues?" Nonsense. Often, an answer to a problem never shows up in a particular forum, but if one searches other forums with different distros, sometimes the answer can be found there. Because problems are rarely distro specific. You could grow old and become a skeleton if you stuck to just one forum for help.Hoser Rob wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2019 1:22 pmBereft of clues ... hard landing ahead ...Mint Lounger wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:47 pm> It's not helpful to refer folks to a tutorial written for a different operating system.
That's not true, there are many times when getting the right answer is via another distro's forums or help pages (because they are different distros, not different operating systems...big diff). ...
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Yes, it IS helpful, Mint 18/19 is based on Ubuntu. And since that's the biggest distro out there, you get access to all that user base generated support.
BTW WIne is rubbish, it's a dumb hack that fails more often than not.
Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
Now there's an even better reason to NOT use docs for Ubuntu: as per Mint release notes, to install wine in Mint 19.1, don't use any extra repos, and install the "wine-installer" package:
https://linuxmint.com/rel_tessa_cinnamon.php
https://linuxmint.com/rel_tessa_cinnamon.php
To install the stable version of WINE from WineHQ, open a terminal and type:
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apt install --install-recommends wine-installer
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Re: 19.1 Making Wine work
sudo apt-get install wine-stable
was the command I used.