Wine on x64 bit Ubuntu 6.06 (was Re: [nzlug] Wine on Ubuntu?)

Cliff Pratt enkidu at cliffp.com
Fri Jan 5 21:12:42 NZDT 2007


Robin Sheat wrote:
> On Thursday 04 January 2007 21:26, Cliff Pratt wrote:
>> Where is 'wine' in Ubuntu 6.06? I've enabled multiverse and universe and
>> it ain't there! Any ideas?
> It is definitely in Ubuntu, IIRC universe. However, go to the wine downloads 
> page:
> http://www.winehq.com/site/download-deb
> and use that instead. That way, it stays up to date. New releases of Wine are 
> often better to have than new releases of other things, as it can mean the 
> difference between something working and it not working.
> 
> (one day I need to try to make it work on 64-bit)
> 
Ah! I forgot to mention the x64 bit thing.

Can anyone confirm that it is there in the x64 version of Ubuntu 6.06?

I'll check out the wine downloads pages, ta!

Cheers,

Cliff




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