Personally, I'd make sure I have an Internet connection, open terminal, and do: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update [wait for above to finish] sudo apt-get install wine1.3 [wait for above to finish] sudo apt-get update [wait for above to finish] exit [open new terminal] wine --version [make sure you have the most recent wine (development) version, or one behind] Cheers, Jake