[ubuntu-uk] Problem with wine ....

[Barry Drake]

Hi there ....  Some time ago, I mentioned that I could not install .msi 
files using wine.  The suggestions were mostly things I's already 
tried.  I now confirm that it is impossible to install .msi file using 
wine under Ubuntu - and I have proof that this is NOT a wine problem!

I've been taking part in a discussion on a forum devoted to a Calibre 
plugin that uses Python to interact with two different Windows programs 
running under wine.  Someone who uses Mint got the system working that I 
needed to use.  In the course of discussion helping him, I looked long 
and hard at the Python code that is used to move information between 
wine programs, and Calibre running under Linux.  I could see where my 
problem was occurring, but to prove it out, I installed Mint on a spare 
hard-drive.  When I installed wine under Mint, I was amazed to discover 
that Mint was using the wine and associated packages from the Ubuntu 
repository!  And this same wine installation that fails under Ubuntu 
works perfectly under Mint!

There is a problem.  As it doesn't seem to be a wine problem, is there 
an Ubuntu/wine person that I could report this to?

Kind regards,        Barry.