Aspire One?

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:53 pm

alright, i think i installed wine on my new aspire one, the problem is, i used the root, yum wine way, is this how you install it?

also, i want to make sure it does work with the aspire one (that uses linpus, fedora based)?

and then after i installed wine, i tried to install a game, which i then tried to load up and it didnt work, is there a special way of installing games through wine?

ok, thats all the questions for now, mainly because i cant really remember what i was gonna say now, there was something else lol, if i think of it ill post it here

thanks in advance

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:10 pm

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:53 PM, chs1010 <[email protected]> wrote:

alright, i think i installed wine on my new aspire one, the problem is, i used the root, yum wine way, is this how you install it?

Should work, might not be a very up-to-date version...

You can check the version with
wine --version
The latest version is 1.12

also, i want to make sure it does work with the aspire one (that uses linpus, fedora based)?

and then after i installed wine, i tried to install a game, which i then tried to load up and it didnt work, is there a special way of installing games through wine?

http://appdb.winehq.org/ has instructions for specific applications

Note: Do not run Wine as root. (You should only need root for
installing Wine itself not for installing any applications on it) Wine
will install applications to the hidden ".wine" directory under your
home directory.

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ has some general info, you probably want to
read this:
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-3121305 ... 945193c41d

Another quick introduction: http://wiki.winehq.org/HowTo

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:13 pm

chs1010 wrote:alright, i think i installed wine on my new aspire one, the problem is, i used the root, yum wine way, is this how you install it?

Yes.

chs1010 wrote:and then after i installed wine, i tried to install a game, which i then tried to load up and it didnt work, is there a special way of installing games through wine?

What game? How did you installed it? What exactly doesn't work?

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:38 pm

right, thanks for the replies but i think it would be best if i uninstall it and then reinstall it, can somebody tell me how to do this please?

the version i have installed by using yum is 0.9.47 lol

also, the game i installed is black and white, it says its supported in the list of apps, can somebody tell me how i would go about installing this as well please?

after ive uninstalled ill need to know how to install the latest wine and how to install games properly so they will work

again, thanks in advance

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:47 pm

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:38 PM, chs1010 <[email protected]> wrote:

right, thanks for the replies but i think it would be best if i uninstall it and then reinstall it, can somebody tell me how to do this please?

the version i have installed by using yum is 0.9.47 lol

That's __really__ old. Upgrade.

also, the game i installed is black and white, it says its supported in the list of apps, can somebody tell me how i would go about installing this as well please?

http://appdb.winehq.org

after ive uninstalled ill need to know how to install the latest wine and how to install games properly so they will work

Just as you do on windows. 'wine setup.exe'. If there are tweaks,
etc., needed, look in the AppDB.

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-Austin

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:57 pm

ok, i made a mistake there, i meant to say,how do i uninstall black and white and wine?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:05 pm

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:57 PM, chs1010 <[email protected]> wrote:

ok, i made a mistake there, i meant to say,how do i uninstall black and white and wine?

$ rm -rf ~/.wine

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-Austin

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:13 pm

that didnt work

is there a guide as to how to do things using the terminal? things like just the basics and uninstalling and such?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:18 pm

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:13 PM, chs1010 <[email protected]> wrote:

that didnt work

is there a guide as to how to do things using the terminal? things like just the basics and uninstalling and such?

That would remove the ~/.wine directory, which has your apps and wine
settings. Removing wine itself depends on your os/distribution.

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ should have some stuff that's useful

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-Austin

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:25 pm

well im using a fedora based system (linpus) and thanks for that link

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:31 am

how do uninstall wine then? i installed it by going onto the terminal, logging in and typing yum install wine and it did it for me lol

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:18 am

well ive managed to now uninstall wine (only be rebooting my whole laptop not because of wine, it needed it lol)

can somebody now tell me how to install the latest version please?

Post by **dimesio** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:03 am

chs1010 wrote:well ive managed to now uninstall wine (only be rebooting my whole laptop not because of wine, it needed it lol)

can somebody now tell me how to install the latest version please?

Since Linpus is based on Fedora, you could try the Fedora packages. http://www.winehq.org/site/download

As to how to specifically install on your system, normally I'd tell you to consult your distro's support forum, but Linpus doesn't seem to have one. There is a forum for the Acer Aspire One, so I recommend asking there: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:36 am

ok, i posted a message on the aspire one forum, to no avail, they replied once saying check on here or something -.-

what do i do now???

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:25 am

also, when i finally get it on and install a game, would i have to install direct x as well?

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:30 pm

somebody please help me, i kinda need wine on my laptop, i need to install the adobe/macromedia suite on it so i can do some college work, i would install it on my old PC but that really is old and hasnt got good enough memory or anything, and i know i can use it at college but when i get to college something comes over me and i lose my concentration every 5 seconds lol, help!!!!!!!! (please :3)

Post by **dimesio** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:20 pm

How to use your distro's package manager is not a Wine issue.

The forum I pointed you to has an entire section for Linux newbies, as well as a bunch of Linux howtos. I suggest you start reading them.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:11 pm

chs1010 wrote:

also, when i finally get it on and install a game, would i have to install direct x as well?

No, Wine supplies its own DirectX support. You should NOT install the
complete DirectX package as it will mung up your Wine user file install.

BTW, you claim to be a College student, but just to point this out, you
really have a problem reading what we are trying to tell you. There is
a great deal of knowledge on both the Aspire web site as well as the
Wine web site. Google and site search engines are way your friend.
Please use them.

James McKenzie

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:14 am

well, i thought it best to ask you guys because the things you usually find in google are hard to understand and if someone whos done this can explain it, it will be a lot easier to understand

and no i dont find this easy, mainly because im new to linux and i bet you had some difficulty understanding it unless you started on a linux system, i however came over from windows

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:28 am

ok, i used the yum thing to install it, i did that before but uninstalled it because i thought there might be a more up to date version, at least this way theres no hassle lol

edit: the version i got was 0.9.47, how can i update this? i cant create an application DB account because my version isnt on the list :S

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:41 am

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:14 AM, chs1010 <[email protected]> wrote:

well, i thought it best to ask you guys because the things you usually find in google are hard to understand and if someone whos done this can explain it, it will be a lot easier to understand

and no i dont find this easy, mainly because im new to linux and i bet you had some difficulty understanding it unless you started on a linux system, i however came over from windows

Not all of us use Fedora type OS's, so for us, we have no way to know
how to help you.

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-Austin

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:53 am

its ok, thanks for all the help youre giving me anyway

also, can i still make an account for the apps DB on version 0.9.47? ive figured, if a game doesnt work i can at least try to fix it in some way if thats only reporting bugs lol

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:43 am

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 3:53 AM, chs1010 <[email protected]> wrote:

its ok, thanks for all the help youre giving me anyway

also, can i still make an account for the apps DB on version 0.9.47? ive figured, if a game doesnt work i can at least try to fix it in some way if thats only reporting bugs lol

You can make an account on the AppDB, but it won't let you submit
reports for 0.9.47.

Reporting bugs for a version a year and a half old is pretty useless.

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-Austin

chs1010 · Post by **chs1010** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:23 am

ok than, how do i update my version? is it as simple as the yum way because if not i might need a little help lol

Post by **dimesio** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:29 am

chs1010 wrote:ok than, how do i update my version? is it as simple as the yum way because if not i might need a little help lol

If you can use the Fedora packages, upgrading should be as simple as adding the Wine repository and installing the latest version through your package manager.

If you don't know how to add a repository in your distro, you need to ask more experienced users of your distro how to do it. If any exist, they would be found on the Acer Aspire One forum, and that's where you should be asking this question.