Andy,
I got this error in trying to get winetricks:
"Package winetricks 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"
I first tried to get this package via synaptic package manager, only to
find it not listed, then I did the command line sudo apt-get install
winetricks.
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regards,
Malcolm Osborne
Sedgefield, South Africa
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Okay, that was a lot simpler than I thought. Three commands and you
won't have to worry about strange fonts for Sailwave on Ubuntu again,
even after an upgrade.
Assuming you already have WINE installed.
Open a terminal. Enter these commands one at a time:
sudo apt-get install winetricks
winetricks corefonts
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
(Here's a little tip for using the X-terminal in Linux: You can copy
these lines individually by selecting them on your browser and pressing
ctrl-c, then paste them into the terminal by pressing ctrl-shift-v)
Take a look here:
http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks
Calum
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On Tue, 10 May 2011 15:01:20 +0200, Malcolm Osborne malcolmo@telkomsa.net wrote:
Andy,
I got this error in trying to get winetricks:
“Package winetricks 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”
I first tried to get this package via synaptic package manager, only to
find it not listed, then I did the command line sudo apt-get install
winetricks.
–
regards,
Malcolm Osborne
Sedgefield, South Africa
Okay, that was a lot simpler than I thought. Three commands and you
won’t have to worry about strange fonts for Sailwave on Ubuntu again,
even after an upgrade.
Assuming you already have WINE installed.
Open a terminal. Enter these commands one at a time:
sudo apt-get install winetricks
winetricks corefonts
ln -s ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/Arial.TTF
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/sserife.fon
(Here’s a little tip for using the X-terminal in Linux: You can copy
these lines individually by selecting them on your browser and pressing
ctrl-c, then paste them into the terminal by pressing ctrl-shift-v)