Charles Davis wrote: > On 7/3/10 6:52 PM, Jfreaker wrote: > > > thanks! but what does "cd" mean? > > > Change Directory. Like Thomas said, to use it, you have to open the > Terminal app (it's somewhere under the Applications menu, I can't > remember where because I haven't used Ubuntu in so long :). > > But seriously, why are you trying to install Wine 1.0.1? It's very old > (over a year and a half), and it's about to be replaced with Wine 1.2. > In fact, if you have problems running a program under Wine 1.0, everyone > here will tell you it's time to upgrade to the latest Wine 1.2 release > candidate. > > Also, that statement in the Wine 1.0 readme is outdated. The > "recommended" way to install Wine from source now is to say these magic > incantations (by which I mean, run these commands from Terminal): > > cd /path/to/wine/sources > ./configure > make depend > make > sudo make install > > Replace '/path/to/wine/sources' with the actual path to the Wine > sources. So, if they were in /home/chip/wine-1.2-rc6, you'd 'cd' to > /home/chip/wine-1.2-rc6 in that first command. You can omit 'make > depend' in the Wine 1.2 RC. > > To run a command in Terminal, all you do is type it in and press > Enter/Return. That's all we'll say about that; if you want more > information, there are plenty of good Unix command-line tutorials on the > Internet. Remember, Google is your friend. > > Chip ok, and thanks! I tried the current 1.2 release and it doesn't run the app i need. i'll just wait until the stable version is released. anyone know when this will be?
