Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-30 Thread Barry Drake
On 30/03/15 00:22, James Morrissey wrote: Doesn't seem to fix the problem mentioned in the bugs offered by Barry: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.6/+bug/1414995 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine1.6/+bug/1383214 > Can someone tell me how to install an older version?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-30 Thread Colin Law
On 30 March 2015 at 00:22, James Morrissey wrote: > > > On 25 March 2015 at 08:28, Tony Pursell wrote: >> >> There is a ppa for up-to-date Wine versions, if you can enable it in Mint. >> >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ubuntu/ppa >> > > Doesn't seem to fix the problem mentioned in

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-29 Thread James Morrissey
On 25 March 2015 at 08:28, Tony Pursell wrote: > There is a ppa for up-to-date Wine versions, if you can enable it in Mint. > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ubuntu/ppa > > Doesn't seem to fix the problem mentioned in the bugs offered by Barry: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-26 Thread Barry Drake
On 25/03/15 12:28, Tony Pursell wrote: There is a ppa for up-to-date Wine versions, if you can enable it in Mint. Thanks for that. I'm OK in Mint as it uses an older package. I can't install a legacy package in the current Ubuntu, as the gnu dependencies are what cause the problem. I have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-25 Thread Tony Pursell
There is a ppa for up-to-date Wine versions, if you can enable it in Mint. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-wine/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Tony On 25 March 2015 at 11:03, Barry Drake wrote: > On 25/03/15 10:44, Colin Law wrote: > > Can you provide more details of the "package containing the fix". Is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-25 Thread Barry Drake
On 25/03/15 10:44, Colin Law wrote: Can you provide more details of the "package containing the fix". Is that a specific version of wine or what? Also the link to the relevant bugs might be useful. It's a long time since it was fixed. I reported the bug at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-25 Thread Colin Law
On 25 March 2015 at 09:53, Barry Drake wrote: > Hi ...I'm currently using Mint more than Ubuntu because of the need for > Windows apps installed under Wine. The bug I reported way back, that Wine > cannot be made to open Microsoft .msi files, was fixed way back. If any of > you are in touch

[ubuntu-uk] Wine bug - new package?

2015-03-25 Thread Barry Drake
Hi ...I'm currently using Mint more than Ubuntu because of the need for Windows apps installed under Wine. The bug I reported way back, that Wine cannot be made to open Microsoft .msi files, was fixed way back. If any of you are in touch with the Wine packagers for Ubuntu, you might menti