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ponder
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click applications / ubuntu software center.
type in wine in the search bar
select the first item "wine microsoft compatability windows layer"
and click install
if wine doesnt appear you need to go to edit/ software sources from within the software center and tell ubuntu to use multiverse/universe- not sure of exact settings because right now i am logged in without admin rights, but its easy to find
type in wine in the search bar
select the first item "wine microsoft compatability windows layer"
and click install
if wine doesnt appear you need to go to edit/ software sources from within the software center and tell ubuntu to use multiverse/universe- not sure of exact settings because right now i am logged in without admin rights, but its easy to find
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ponder
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If you really need to download the .deb then you should have just followed a link in the links I provided above, http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wine1.2/
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Google making you stupid? 
there is another neat little trick you can use if you want the .deb that I will explain in a moment.
this is useful for if you:
-cant find the .deb,
-need to install lots of software, and only want to download it once. This is useful if you ever need to format and dont need to go through all the hassle of downloading everything again, or need to install the files on multiple computers.
-your computer is not hooked up to the internet, and want to download a few files from someone elses ubuntu pc...
1) go to system/administration/synaptic package manager.
2) search for the file you want to install, for example wine
3) mark it for install, by checking the little check box next to the items. (you can select as many items as you want- not limited to only one)
4) click file/generate package download script.
5) it will ask you where you want to save it to- select a folder on your hard drive.
This script is a record of all the .deb files you want to download.
all you need to do now is run the file (you can run this from any ubuntu pc).
it will download all the .deb files you chose and place them in a single directory.
now you can either install each separately, or you can start a new session of synaptic package manager (with nothing selected)
file/add download packages
point to the directory where the .deb files are kept and they will all be installed.
very useful little trick
Google making you stupid?
LOL
it allows you to run a program with elevated security privileges...
for example if I want to reinstall my ati drvers, if I double clicked the .run file, my os may say you do not have the security privileges to run this. I would then open the terminal, type sudo and type in the address of the drivers ( or drag the file onto the terminal which will automatically insert its location and run the file)
the terminal would ask for my password, I type it in and the drivers will install.
you wonder why it is so difficult for viruses to install themselves on your linux system
for example if I want to reinstall my ati drvers, if I double clicked the .run file, my os may say you do not have the security privileges to run this. I would then open the terminal, type sudo and type in the address of the drivers ( or drag the file onto the terminal which will automatically insert its location and run the file)
the terminal would ask for my password, I type it in and the drivers will install.
you wonder why it is so difficult for viruses to install themselves on your linux system
ubuntu is now at the level where you will probably never have to use the terminal... some people love using it for everything, but you can usually find a GUI somewhere in the system for everything if you spend a few seconds looking through the menus or software center
I've been copying the dir where packages are downloaded to between machines (I think it's /cache/apt/archives or something like that), then when you install the same package through synaptic it sees they are already there and just installs them. You could keep it on a netwrok drive and share the one dir between machines I reckon, add an entry to fstab to point the /archives dir to the network share.
ponder
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do I smell a troll