ubuntu 14.04 64 bit -- wine 1.6 -- Office 2007 Home/student

[xigen]

Wine 1.6 is now installed on my Ubuntu system via Synaptic.

I read the install instructions:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager ... ss=version

OK.. got it.

Gold, because it requires a 32 bit wineprefix to avoid bug 30785

Use the most recent version of Wine known to work for Office 2007 (see list of known bad versions above). In most cases this will be the latest development release.

Make sure all dependencies of Wine are installed on your system, including winbind.

Install to a clean wineprefix (no winetricks or other tweaks, no other applications installed), and make sure the Windows version in winecfg is set to XP.

Note: I­f you have 64 bit Wine inst­alled, you must create a 32 bit wineprefix and install Office 2007 to it or the installed programs will not be usable.

Follow the instructions in http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ for creating a 32 bit wineprefix, running an installer, and using wineprefixes.

If you are going to install any service packs, install them before setting the override below.

sooo.. I am a noob... and more obvious = more better.

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At this point what exactly do I do to install Office 2007 student/home edition on my 64 bit 14.04 system?
I would much rather feel lame than presume to know things that I don't and create chaos.

[dimesio]

You've quoted the exact instructions. What part are you having trouble with?

[xigen]

I think it may be a matter of information/understanding asymetry.

People with wine experience have a large corpus of context/knowledge/understanding of relevant dependencies and underlying structures -- I do not.

This leads to some circular meta-discussions. At the risk of looking bad, let me try to illustrate. Respectfully...

To use Ghore, you must first probe the Ghore-blob. (see instructions on probing the Ghore-blob)


Instructions on probing your Ghore-blob.

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1) Probe your Ghore-blob.  
2) If you are having difficulty probing Ghore-blob.blb please see the FAQ blobs.
3) Note: I­f you have 64 bit Ghore inst­alled, you must create a 32 bit blob and install Ghore1 before installing Ghore-blob
* please note there are issues with Ghore and Hello-puppy.  Plese see Hello-puppy for more information.

Which leads to the near tautalogical question: So, how exactly do I probe my Ghore-blob?

... Which way gets us out of this? ...

Here is NoobSlab.
http://www.noobslab.com/2013/07/wine-16 ... it-in.html
-- Pictures. It really helps
-- Clear. Simple. step-by-step & clearly marked instructions for the command line. Easy cut/paste.
-- Feedback loop. Because your mileage may vary.
-- For extra credit: a command to show exact configuration and any error output.

Some questions I have:
-- How do I tell if I have a 32bit prefix or 64?
-- I got Office home&student 2007 installed - but it does not work with .docx documents. How do I install SP3? and/or do I install SP1, Sp2,Sp3 in sequence? Please advise.

As aways - thank you. I do sincerely appreciate your efforts.

[dimesio]

Here is NoobSlab.
http://www.noobslab.com/2013/07/wine-16 ... it-in.html

Hm, well, let's start with the fact that the top half of that page (the text of the opening paragraph and list of changes) is plagiarized directly from the release announcement on this site. They added a screenshot of winecfg, which looks pretty, but doesn't actually illustrate any instructions. Below that are Ubuntu-and-derivatives instructions for installing Wine packages that put the commands in a prettier box than we do here, but the commands are still the same arcane Linux commands, with no explanation of what they actually mean. Following that are instructions for building Wine from source on Debian/Ubuntu/etc that won't work on 64 bit versions of those distros. IMO, if that page illustrates anything, it's the triumph of style over substance.

The instructions on this site by necessity tend to be rather generic, as they have to apply to all distros. Our instructions also assume basic knowledge of your OS: this is not a general Linux-for-newbies site.

FYI, the reason I chose to refer users to the FAQ for basic information on 32 bit wineprefixes, etc., rather than repeating those instructions in the AppDB entry is because repeating them would create a maintenance nightmare. It is more practical and efficient to keep basic information in one central location that can be kept up-to-date.

-- How do I tell if I have a 32bit prefix or 64?

If you have 64 bit Wine installed, and did not explicitly create a 32 bit wineprefix, then the wineprefix is 64 bit. You can check this by looking for a directory named Program Files (x86) in the wineprefix. If that directory exists, then the wineprefix is 64 bit. This is exactly the same as it is on Windows: Program Files (x86) only exists in 64 bit Windows.

-- I got Office home&student 2007 installed - but it does not work with .docx documents. How do I install SP3? and/or do I install SP1, Sp2,Sp3 in sequence? Please advise.

You would run the installer the same way you would run any other installer, but you shouldn't need to do that to get Word to work with docx documents. My guess is that you either installed to a 64 bit wineprefix and ran into bug 30785 or set the Windows version to something higher than XP and ran into bug 29788. If it's the former, reinstall to a 32 bit wineprefix, and if it's the latter, change the Windows version back to XP.