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Well i downloaded the tar.bz2 package but when i try to compile it, it always need a new software to get installed(software dependences), like flex, gcc, bison etc.

Now i am frustrated with these installations.

so, is there any other method to install wine like to get a .deb file(am not able to find a .deb file for wine), or something pre-compiled which installs fine.

I don't have internet connection on ubuntu.
plz send me the link to .deb file or something like that or any method through which i can install wine on my ubuntu...

Thanks ;)

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Short practical plan — two reliable ways to get Wine onto an offline Ubuntu 10.10 machine.

Compiling from a tarball pulls in many build-time packages; using prebuilt .debs is far easier. Note that Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) is end-of-life (packages were moved to the old‑releases archives), so make sure any online machine you use targets the same release (or the old‑releases mirror). (askubuntu.com)

Method A — easiest, recommended if you can run an Internet-connected machine with the same Ubuntu release and architecture

  • On the online machine:
    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get --download-only -y install wine

    APT will save the .deb files into /var/cache/apt/archives; copy those .deb files to a USB stick and move them to the offline box. On the offline machine:

    sudo dpkg -i /media/usb/*.deb

    If dpkg reports missing dependencies, make sure you copied every .deb from the online machine’s /var/cache/apt/archives and rerun dpkg -i. The --download-only behavior and the cache location are the standard way to collect packages for offline install. (askubuntu.com)

Method B — automated and repeatable (apt-offline)

  • Install apt-offline on the offline machine first (download its .deb from packages.ubuntu.com on another PC if needed).
  • On the offline machine generate a request:
    sudo apt-offline set /tmp/wine.sig --install-packages wine --update
  • On the online machine:
    apt-offline get --bundle wine-bundle.zip /tmp/wine.sig
  • Back on the offline machine:
    sudo apt-offline install wine-bundle.zip

    apt-offline packages the right .debs and metadata so APT can install them without network access. (manpages.debian.org)

Advanced: if you want APT to resolve packages locally, make a tiny local repo from the downloaded .debs with dpkg-scanpackages and add a file: entry to sources.list; then apt-get update and apt-get install wine will use that repo. That is handy when many dependencies are involved. Also double-check CPU architecture (uname -m) and the release codename on the online machine so versions match. (manpages.debian.org)

Notes tied to earlier replies: was right that prebuilt packages avoid build headaches, and ’s idea of downloading many .debs is exactly the approach above — the commands and apt-offline automate and make it less error-prone. If any step fails, list the exact dpkg error lines and the offline vs online machine’s lsb_release -a and uname -m so the mismatch can be diagnosed.

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Member Avatar for Moncky

You can download Debian binaries from the wine website. Heres the link Though it may still try and pull down dependencies of its own which you will need to source and install yourself.

Member Avatar for vow_man

i too have a problem on installing wine on ubuntu 11.10. so if you have a solution for installing wine without internet connection. or if you have wine + all it's dependencies please put a link. i will appreciate if any one out there give me a hand to solve this

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