On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:27 PM, rob.rice <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > vitamin wrote: > > > > rob.rice wrote: > > > did that and this is my out put from wine setup > > > > > > root@darkstar:~# wine setup > > > > Two things. > > - What Wine version? (run 'wine --version') > > - Why are you running as root? You should not ever need to run as root on *NIX unless you performing system maintenance. > > > "why are you running as root ?" > habit I test all my new software as root to make sure the problems I run in to > aren't permission problems > the out put for " wine version " is the almost the same as " wine setup " just longer > > > > > > Log out of root. Log in as normal user. $ sudo rm -rf ~/.wine # in case you ran wine with sudo before Then does either: $ wineprefixcreate or $ wine --version work?
