Problem installing WINE in Lucid

[kismul]

I've recently updated from Karmic to Lucid, with no problems. I previously had WINE installed, principally to run Spotify. In Ubuntu Software Centre, I selected WINE Microsoft Windows Compatability Layer and ran INSTALL. Although it says it's installed, there's no sign of it anywhere on the Applications menu.

Having checked again, I see theat the option I chose is labelled Dummy package. I've no idea what this does. There are a number of WINE options available. Should I have selected something else to actually install WINE?

Thanks for any advice.

Jim

[kismul]

I've recently updated from Karmic to Lucid, with no problems. I previously had WINE installed, principally to run Spotify. In Ubuntu Software Centre, I selected WINE Microsoft Windows Compatability Layer and ran INSTALL. Although it says it's installed, there's no sign of it anywhere on the Applications menu.

Having checked again, I see theat the option I chose is labelled Dummy package. I've no idea what this does. There are a number of WINE options available. Should I have selected something else to actually install WINE?

Thanks for any advice.

Jim

Oops, sorry. It's the Meta package I have installed, not the dummy package.

[JC Cheloven]

Hi,

I don't use Spotify myself, but have heard of a native linux version:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/s...illion-tracks/

Better than running a win2 version under wine, isn't it?

Hope that helps

[flemur13013]

Try

$ which wine

and see what it tells you: it should return something like "/usr/bin/wine".

[CatKiller]

You won't get a menu entry for Wine (what would it do?). You will get menu entries for applications that you install through Wine.