Having trouble as a new linux user

mik1019 · Post by **mik1019** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:39 am

I'm having trouble getting on my feet and the biggest issue is I don't know what I'm doing lol. I have the wine package.rpm but I can install because I'm missig dependicies.. I have no internet access at my house so I download to a usb thumb drive then take home to install. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

mik1019 · Post by **mik1019** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:48 am

I'm running OpenSuse just in case that helps.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:49 am

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:39 AM, mik1019<[email protected]> wrote:

I'm having trouble getting on my feet and the biggest issue is I don't know what I'm doing lol. I have the wine package.rpm but I can install because I'm missig dependicies.. I have no internet access at my house so I download to a usb thumb drive then take home to install. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

I would consult your distributions forum or mailing list for the
appropriate steps to do an internet less install / update.

mik1019 · Post by **mik1019** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:00 am

That doesn't make much sense My OS isnt the issue its WINES Dependancies that are hold me up... something about required lib files or some crap.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:06 am

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM, mik1019<[email protected]> wrote:

That doesn't make much sense My OS isnt the issue its WINES Dependancies that are hold me up... something about required lib files or some crap.

Yes but your OS should be able to help you figure out a good way to
get the required dependencies for any application that is in their
package manager since they not wine.org created the package for wine.

Martin Gregorie · Post by **Martin Gregorie** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:59 am

On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 11:00 -0500, mik1019 wrote:

That doesn't make much sense My OS isnt the issue its WINES
Dependancies that are hold me up... something about required lib files
or some crap.

Lib files are never crap. Its usual for common parts of the suite of
programs making up a complex application to be abstracted into
dynamically loaded library. Doing this makes the programmer's job easier
as well as mimimising RAM requirements and maximising loading speed.
And, as this is Open Source not a locked proprietary box, people writing
similar applications may reuse one or two of the original application's
libraries rather than writing, testing and debugging the functionally
identical code. Part of your problem is that dependencies can cascade as
I described above and, without an internet connection, getting Wine
installed is going to be a rather tiresome process.

Anyway, now you have a list of the immediate dependencies of the wine
rpm, so try the following sequence:

- Make a list of any of the dependencies that are on your Linux install
source. I'm assuming you didn't install everything on the DVD or CD
set - most people don't.
- Use your package installer to install these.
- Download any rpms that weren't on the install source and install
them too.
- now install the wine.rpm

Repeat this process until all dependencies are satisfied and wine is
successfully installed. Remember that its quite possible that wine
dependencies have dependencies of their own.

Martin