Re: documentation for beginners ?`

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richard noel fell <fell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is there any documentation that instructs a beginner how to configure 
> (and the logic behind) wine and the steps necessary to install windows 
> software? I have the user's guide but it does lack much, particularly 
> what is going on.

"User's guide" as in http://winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/index ?

> I am using ubuntu 6.06 and have presumably installed wine correctly. 

What wine version and how did you install it?

> However, I cannot configure the system. A typical error message is, upon 
> invoking winecfg, is:
> Warning: the specified Windows directory L"c:\\windows" is not accessible.
> Warning: the specified System directory L"c:\\windows\\system32" is not 
> accessible.

In a correct, fresh install of wine, this does not happen. Try
'rm -fr ~/.wine'

If that doesn't help, there is something wrong with your wine
installation.

Daniel
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