Winetricks download?

[mellottb12]

I'm trying to install winetricks, but the download link isn't what I would consider a "download"... It's just a page with some script. I used to use windows but switched to ubuntu just recently- so is this just the way you download things in linux? No dialog boxes, just script that you put into a text editor and turn into a program? I'm confused and I'd like to know for sure what i'm supposed to do with this link... http://winetricks.org/winetricks

Thanks!

[btindie]

That's a script that you need to download and then run, it's akin to a windows 'batch' script but far more powerful. Type the following into a terminal to download and run the script.

wget -O /tmp/winetricks http://winetricks.org/winetricks
chmod +x /tmp/winetricks
sudo /tmp/winetricks

Explanation:
1) wget downloads the file to the /tmp directory
2) chmod sets the file as being executable
3) runs the script as root

See the install guide for more information.

[mellottb12]

Thank you so much! This whole operating system is so weird to me, I've never actually done this kind of thing with windows

[linuxinstalledfromhdd]

Thank you so much! This whole operating system is so weird to me, I've never actually done this kind of thing with windows

There is a much easier way to install PlayOnLinux and Winetricks:

http://debianhelp.wordpress.com/2011...neiric-ocelot/

about half the way down the list..