helikart wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install gdiplus using winetricks, but it seems that the MS site cannot be reached. > > Here's what I get: > > > Code: > $ sh winetricks gdiplus > err:menubuilder:init_xdg error looking up the desktop directory > Executing wget -O ppviewer.exe -nd -c --read-timeout=300 --retry-connrefused --header Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe > --2009-10-04 16:54:28-- http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe > Resolving download.microsoft.com... 65.54.87.83, 65.54.87.88 > Connecting to download.microsoft.com|65.54.87.83|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found > 2009-10-04 16:54:28 ERROR 404: Not Found. > > Note: command 'wget -O ppviewer.exe -nd -c --read-timeout=300 --retry-connrefused --header Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe' returned status 1. Aborting. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Tom I'm getting the same thing. The Microsoft site can be reached, but that file cannot be found. I did a search of http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ and it appears that the Powerpoint Viewer 2003, which is what winetricks uses to install gdiplus, is no longer available for download.
