kubuntu

i was trying to install wine, typed

Code:

apt-get update

then typed

Code:

apt-get install wine

got this reply

Code:

Package wine is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package wine has no installation candidate

wine is also not in adept (after updating)

any ideas ?

 

Does this help?

 

I've only ever got WINE to work using this guide.

It's important that you do not download the latest version of WINE. Download the version mentioned in that guide

 

Doesn't sound like you have any repositories setup which contain WINE. I don't run Kubuntu (Debian Etch for me), but isn't WINE in the Universal repository?

 

Yes.

Donkey, compare your sources.list file with the one in the 'Getting the most from Kubuntu' sticky

 

they look identical (exept for a few additions at the end, look)


Edit: just started adept updater (125 updates) will retry after update, as wine is one of the packages to be updated

 

If Wine want's to be updated, that would imply that you already have it installed on you computer. Type:

Code:

winecfg

Does it work?

BTW, I see that you have added the extra Kubuntu KDE sources to your repositories list. Just though I should let you know that most of those 125 updates will be from those extra repositories. Now while there's nothing wrong with that, it does mean that your installation will become out of sync with the main Dapper release. This is because you will have KDE 3.5.4 instead of the default 3.5.2 when you update.

I like to live life on the edge which is why I have added those cutting edge repositories. But you must take into account that there is a small chance of system breakage. That being said, I have upgraded to 3.5.4 and it works fine

 

will post later, got to go out, thanks anyway, back soon

 

yeah no problem

me too, do you think i'd be best updating to KDE 3.5.2 then, or will it be alright to just leave it

here it comes, do i just update it at K Desktop Environment - Conquer your Desktop!, or do you have more pearls of wisdom (commands for konsole) for me

 

Because you have the extra Kubuntu repositories, all you have to do is type:

Code:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

However, if system stability is more important to you, I suggest you remove the 'deb Index of /packages/kde-latest dapper main' repository

 

stability , you forget i was an XP user, so you tell me if i care about stability at all:doh: