On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:26 AM, EthicsGradient <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've downloaded the source code, and when I try to follow the readme and run wineinstaller my terminal simply disappears. I should mention I'm sing Ubuntu 8.10 You probably need development packages. Try running ./configure --verbose or use http://winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/install-wine-deps.sh -- -Austin