On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 12:56 -0500, r2rX wrote: > Code: > /usr/bin$ sh winetricks > winetricks: 3824: cannot create /home/ready2rumbelx/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp/zenity.sh: Permission denied > winetricks: 3824: cannot create /home/ready2rumbelx/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp/zenity.sh: Permission denied > sh: Can't open /home/ready2rumbelx/.wine/dosdevices/c:/winetrickstmp/zenity.sh > Your problem is because you're running winetricks in /usr/bin DON'T DO THAT. EVER. /usr/bin is for storing executables that come as part of your distro and for nothing else. Period. Wine itself is installed in /usr/bin (your distro put it there) but a .wine directory should never, ever be there. Any other native Linux executables that you download should go in /usr/local/bin and their config files should go in /usr/local/etc If the executable doesn't look there for config files then its badly written, so raise a bug with its developers. Winetricks should *always* be run as the user that you're running wine in and in that user's $HOME directory. If .wine isn't there, set $WINEPREFIX to point to the .wine directory before running winetricks. > Is this normal? Does winetricks running as 'root' save the necessary > settings applicable for Wine on my account/profile? > No, and never run wine or winetricks as root. Wine and winetricks are designed to run under a normal user in that user's own directory structure. If they don't work like that its a clear sign that you've screwed things up. Martin
