Backport Repositories? Older versions of Wine?

[hagen van rissenbeck]

Hi, Dave,

Dave M G schrieb:
> Ubuntu Users,
> 
>    I'd like to roll back my version of wine to Version 20041201. 
> Currently I have 20050725 installed, and it's not working for some 
> applications.
> 
>    I've looked on the net, and I'm thoroughly confused. Can I get it 
> from a "backport" repository? If so, how do I get that backport 
> repository in Synaptic?


Try perhaps a package from that server:

	http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine


There are some wine fedora RPM-packages from the 20041201 release.

Download the file, convert it with alien


>    Can I get it via apt-get?

Then, use

sudo dpkg -i wine<...>.deb

to install it.

It worked in my case.


> 
>    Can I download it?

See above...

>    Every web page I see with reference to the Wine version I want speaks 
> as if it's a foregone conclusion that one knows where to get it and how 
> to install it.
> 
>    Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hope that helps

Hagen