Hi this is my first patch for wine. It is for the documentation FIXME: Explain how to un-tar, compile, and install Wine from a tarball. I compiled the documentation html and it looks OK (no warnings) Best regards William Stinson (wstinson@infonie.fr) --- wine-20020509/documentation/getting.sgml Mon May 13 23:00:16 2002 +++ wine-local/documentation/getting.sgml Mon May 13 23:00:34 2002 @@ -201,7 +201,22 @@ one. </para> <para> - FIXME: Explain how to un-tar, compile, and install Wine from a tarball. + To install Wine from a tarball you need to first un-tar the archive. This + will create a subdirectory containing the Wine sources. Using the cd + command change the current directory to the top level wine directory + and finish the installation using the wineinstall command. + A typical installation might look like this: + <screen> +$ su - +<emphasis><Type in root password></emphasis> +# cd /home/user +# tar -xvzf Wine-20020310.tar.gz +# cd wine-20020310 +# ./tools/wineinstall + </screen> + More detailed step by step instructions can be found in the README file + in the top level wine directory. Note that to install wine you must be + logged in as root. </para> <para></para>