I need a few tips on installing wine and using it...

GOgGA · Post by **GOgGA** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:42 am

I'm very new to linux and want to get to know it better, but the problem i have is what version of wine must i install and how it works. I am running Ubuntu 7.10 and would like to run a few apps from windows xp.(like office 2007 etc)

David Gerard · Post by **David Gerard** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:45 am

2008/4/30 GOgGA <[email protected]>:

I'm very new to linux and want to get to know it better, but the problem i have is what version of wine must i install and how it works. I am running Ubuntu 7.10 and would like to run a few apps from windows xp.(like office 2007 etc)

Wine 0.9.59 is in 7.10 and you can install it from Synaptic or
whatever as usual.

If you want to keep up to date with the fortnightly releases (and you
really should), go to http://winehq.org/site/download-deb for how to
set up your system to get these automatically whenever you update your
system.

Office 2007 doesn't work perfectly in Wine - see
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=4992 for what's worked
for others.

Crossover Linux (the most popular commercial package of Wine -
Crossover employ many Wine developers, so buying their product
directly helps the winehq.org version) doesn't yet support Office 2007
fully either. I understand they will not be releasing Crossover 7.0
until it does.

- d.

Dan Kegel · Post by **Dan Kegel** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:57 am

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 AM, GOgGA <[email protected]> wrote:

I'm very new to linux and want to get to know it better,
but the problem i have is what version of wine must i install and how it works.
I am running Ubuntu 7.10 and would like to run a few apps from
windows xp.(like office 2007 etc)

You can't yet run office 2007 easily.

You probably want to upgrade to Hardy (Ubuntu 8.04)
and then just tell it to add wine.

David Gerard · Post by **David Gerard** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:13 am

2008/4/30 Dan Kegel <[email protected]>:

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:42 AM, GOgGA <[email protected]> wrote:

I am running Ubuntu 7.10 and would like to run a few apps from
windows xp.(like office 2007 etc)

You probably want to upgrade to Hardy (Ubuntu 8.04)
and then just tell it to add wine.

Sorry, yes, I read "7.10" there and thought "8.04"

0.9.59 is the
last version that was built as a .deb for Gutsy (7.10).

- d.