You wrote: > Don't search the files on your computer. Search the list of packages > available in the program you use to install stuff. I spent about 4 hours trying to figure out how to do what you suggested. Finally, I learned to proceed through the following sequence of "clicks" starting from Mandriva's STAR icon (i.e. "Start") and then thru these submenus: > System > Configuration > Packaging > Browse Available Software to see what packages were available; and then following that same sequence, except substitute "Install Software" instead of "Browse" I had to enter the root password and then I saw a window titled: "Rpmdrake" wherein I had to do some experimenting to finally figure out what to do next. I realize this is no doubt all elementary to knowledgable/experienced users, but for the uninitiated, trying to find one's way through all these steps is daunting. > Don't take this the wrong way, but the documentation for your > distribution should be the next thing you read. I have read and re-read documentation and dozens of dozens of websites, but it is terribly frustrating to try to find the information that one needs and then after days and days of searching, eventually discover that a *very* simple, clear, concise instruction could have provided the solution that one needed. On the "Rpmdrake" "Software Packages Installation" window, after much experimenting, I finally figured out how to find "libwine" ... and then another dialog popped up telling me of a bunch of other files that I would need. So, I went on another long search for all those, eventually determining that apparently those were already installed on my system. So then, when I went back to try to install the "libwine" packages, they had disappeared and no longer could be found by Rpmdrake. Huh? Searching for "libwine" resulted in this message: "Search results (none)" Say what? This is ridiculous. After yet more searching, it seems that apparently the "libwine" package got installed (without me realizing it). Don't know how all that happened. But now, I have discovered that wine does find my printer and I can print from notepad.exe and from another small application that I had installed. However, Pagemaker 7 and Paint Shop Pro 7 (both of which worked under wine yesterday no longer work. Wonderful. What now? _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
