Win 1.7 install failed - greyed window

[soundgeek]

I installed 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04.

I followed the Wine download instructions to intall "ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa" via Software & Updates.

I clicked "click this link to install the wine1.7 package" selected Ubuntu Software Centre.

After appearing to install I got a greyed-out screen. I closed the USC.

I tried executing "wine CARDFILE.EXE" (which has run fine on Wine 1.6). I got:
modify_ldt:Invalid argument
err:winediag:build_module Failed to create module for "krnl386.exe", 16-bit LDT support may be missing.
err:module:attach_process_dlls "krnl386.exe16" failed to initialise, aborting
err:module:LdrInitilizeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winevdm.exe" failed, status c0000142

Later I found a hidden message box:
"Data files for some packages could not be downloaded

The following packages requested additional data downloads after package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could not be processed.

ttf-mscorefonts-installer

This is a permanent failure that leaves these packages unusable on your system. You may need to fix your Internet connection, then remove and reinstall the packages to fix this problem."

How do I get Wine 1.7 to run applications? What do the errors above mean?

[dimesio]

err:winediag:build_module Failed to create module for "krnl386.exe", 16-bit LDT support may be missing.

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-bf26e32 ... a60a433f88

The error message about ttf-mscorefonts-installer has nothing to do with Wine; ask on the Ubuntu forum about that.

[soundgeek]

The error message about ttf-mscorefonts-installer has nothing to do with Wine; ask on the Ubuntu forum about that.

I had this same message when I installed Wine 1.6 using the Ubuntu Software Centre - perhaps these fonts are no longer available. When I used the install Wine 1.6 link on the Wine site, it installed fine.

So even though I've used the install link on the Winehq site, it is an Ubuntu problem?

[soundgeek]

In spite of the "This is a permanent failure that leaves these packages unusable on your system" message, the Software Centre seems to thin Wine 1.7 is installed. Also it seems to run fine

[soundgeek]

Just to clarify, MS Cardfile.exe (date stamp 1993-12-31) ran fine on Ubuntu 14.04 under Wine 1.6 and also runs fine under Wine 1.7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardfile

Also Wine 1.7 appears to be running fine, in spite of the errors thrown up above.