following an initial download and install of any runtime libraries through winetricks, archive the contents of the ~/.winetrickscache directory. if you need to reinstall the same runtime file(s), say, after a clean install of ubuntu/wine, create a .winetrickscache directory in your home directory (~/.winetrickscache), place your archived runtime files/directories within this directory, and execute winetricks in a terminal window as before to install the runtime libraries located within ~/.winetrickscache. no internet connection is needed when reinstalling from archived/cached files. i hope this can help. thed .