newbie - I'm unable to install Wine ("apt://Wine_1.6"??)

[prb123]

Hello everyone,

I'm brand new to Linux (I'm using Ubuntu) and am trying to install Wine 1.6 so that I can run MS Office. I'm using Firefox and have found my way to the place where you can download it http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu ...

So, first I'm told to add the WineHQ PPA Repository. So, I did that. Just to check that it was added successfully, I opened my Ubuntu Software Center, and saw this:

First, this is what I see after adding the WineHQ PPA. Is this correct?

So, I returned to the web page and the instructions told me to click where it says "To install the older, stable Wine 1.6 version, click this link to install the wine1.6 package.". So I did that, and Firefox tries to go to "apt://Wine_1.6" and this is what I see:

Second, this is what happens when I click on the "apt://Wine_1.6" link ...

So now it's asking me to Choose an application:, so I click on the orange button and I get this:

Finally, this where is I get stuck. I'm trying to find Firefox (I think?)... where can I find it? Where should I look?

Now I don't know where to find Firefox, and now I'm stuck. I thought that Firefox could open the link; it doesn't have any problem with http:// links, why can't it do apt:// links as well?

What should I do now?

Thanks very much for your assistance!

[dimesio]

Use the command line instructions at the bottom of http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu.

As for the links on that page, if they don't work, report the problem to the package maintainer, Scott Ritchie. He's the one who wrote those instructions.

[Dr Kynes]

I'm having a similar issue, after following the terminal commands, i get a Microsoft True Type Font EULA in the win3.x style, with an <Ok> button at the bottom, but the button does nothing, and Terminal hangs up.

Ubuntu 12.o4

Terminal commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.6



the application fails to install and when retrying the terminal command line i get this:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Sup with this?

i must confess i am lost in this system.

[dimesio]

http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19854