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Title: Wine
Post by: Alex on October 07, 2014, 02:55:27 PM

Please don't ask me why; but a while ago I uninstalled Wine. Now it wont re-install, not from "install additional software" or from the Synaptic PM. I even uninstalled it from the Synaptic PM first ( it was showing as being still there) and re-installed it but did not work. I don't get wine showing up in the Menu, if I search for it I get "Run wine" and clicking on this produces no result at all.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Jerry on October 07, 2014, 03:56:35 PM

Open up a terminal and try:

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sudo apt-get install wine1.7
If that does not work, paste the results in your next post.

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Alex on October 08, 2014, 02:44:19 AM

It installed wine 1.7, but still not in the Menu (I can't take a screen shot as the menu disappears before that can be done) when I search for "wine" I get 'Run wine' in bold lettering but with no avatar also I get  wine cfg; wine console and winemine but nothing else.

thanks

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Jerry on October 08, 2014, 03:01:45 AM

Have you performed any menu editing whatsoever since you first install LL?

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Monkeyman on October 08, 2014, 04:51:20 AM

Quote from: Alex on October 08, 2014, 02:44:19 AM

It installed wine 1.7, but still not in the Menu (I can't take a screen shot as the menu disappears before that can be done) when I search for "wine" I get 'Run wine' in bold lettering but with no avatar also I get  wine cfg; wine console and winemine but nothing else.

thanks

Menu>Accessories>Screenshot?

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Scott on October 08, 2014, 10:04:08 AM

Hi Alex,

The Screenshot icon can easily be added to either the Desktop or Panel or both.

Menu > All > Right-Click on Screenshot > Add to Desktop

Menu > All > Right-Click on Screenshot > Add to Panel


Hopefully that will help a little.

~Scott

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: anon222 on October 08, 2014, 10:35:48 AM

Hi alex,
this will take an instant screenshot

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xfce4-screenshooter -fYou can add a keyboard shorcut to run this command
Menu > Settings Keyboard > Application Shortcuts
This way you will take a screenshot of the entire screen with a keyboard combination.

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: bitsnpcs on October 08, 2014, 12:11:02 PM

Hello Alex,

I right click desktop and select screenshot.
On the screenshot GUI it has options I tick "Active Window" , and increase the "Delay before Capturing" to 3 seconds.
I then click OK and open the menu.

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Alex on October 08, 2014, 02:19:53 PM

Thank you all:

(http://thegomc.com/DPInew/image-43D5_54357FAC.jpg) (http://thegomc.com/DPInew/share-43D5_54357FAC.html)

I don't remember if I did anything to the Menu editing, it's possible...

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: anon222 on October 08, 2014, 03:13:23 PM

winecfg opens the wine configuration. Is that what you need?

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Alex on October 08, 2014, 05:16:41 PM

Yes that is right, but Wine should show up in the menu, right? I should not have to search for it, also 'wine tricks' is not there and the whole thing does not look like when I first installed LL. Also what does the "run wine" mean? if I click it or double click it nothing happens, so what does it do?

Something does not feel right...  :(

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: anon222 on October 09, 2014, 01:18:03 PM

Something went wrong with the whisker menu shortcuts.
Right-click on the menu and then on Edit Applications.
(http://i.imgur.com/LL54CC0.png)
you'll have to make an item for wine tricks manually
+ New Item
Name : Winetricks
Command : winetricks
Description : Install applications on Wine
run wine - it shows up because you can run any application from a whisker meny just type in firefox and run firefox will show up.
You can't run wine without parametars like the path to the windows application
wine C:\\Program\ Files\\MyPrg\\test.exe

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Alex on October 09, 2014, 04:35:38 PM

That worked! Thanks heaps

:)

Title: Re: Wine
Post by: Scott on October 09, 2014, 05:03:23 PM

As usual, thanks to Misko for his efforts!  :)