SOLVED Please Help Install Mono For Windows

[lambdafox]

I am pretty sure that this is because of this bug. The repository still lists 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu8 for vivid amd64. It is supposedly fixed in 1:1.6.2-0ubuntu10. I don't have time to try this this morning, but if it hasn't made it into the repository, I will try the -proposed version tomorrow.

Because I am a linux / ubuntu newbie, I want to run this by you all, before I try this:

To install the -proposed version of wine, but not open all packages for that, I believe this is what I need to do:

1. open synaptic

2. on Settings-Repositories-Updates, tick Pre-released updates (vivid-proposed)

3. Create a text file in /etc/apt/preferences.d called proposed-updates with this content:

Package: *
Pin: release a=vivid-proposed
Pin-Priority: 400

After that do I use package force version to install the -proposed wine?

[lambdafox]

I found many threads about wine 1.6.2 not sensing that wine-mono 0.0.8 is installed. None of the tricks I found worked for me. I have purged wine and am going to try installing 1.7 from the ubuntu-wine/ppa...

It just came to my attention that I never posted a follow-up to this statement. Wine 1.7 on the wine ppa and in the repositories behaves exactly the same, that is to say, despite wine-mono being installed I get the exact same message.

[lambdafox]

I was never able to get Mono to work. I was, however, able to install .net 2.0, which works with my application.

Here is how:
1) purge wine, winetricks, wine-gecko and wine mono.
2) delete the .wine folder from my home directory
3) add the wine ppa to sources
ubuntu ppa
4) install latest wine1.7, winbind and winetricks
5) WINEARCH=win32 winecfg
6) WINEARCH=win32 winetricks, then install dotnet20
7) WINEARCH=win32 winefile, then double click installer

Now my application runs -- woo hoo!

[lambdafox]

Xubuntu Wiley is missing a package needed to install wine1.7

3) add the wine ppa to sources
ubuntu ppa
4) install latest wine1.6, winbind and winetricks
5) WINEARCH=win32 winecfg
do not auto install mono
do auto install gecko
6) WINEARCH=win32 winetricks, then install dotnet20
7) WINEARCH=win32 winefile, then double click installer

Now my application runs -- woo hoo!