Install wine on 14.04

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Wed Sep 24 10:31:50 UTC 2014


Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> (2014/09/24 2:19), Granny Flats wrote:
> > WINE is available in the software center.
> > 
> > Search for it. "WINE Windows Program Loader"  Click install.
> 
> I am not the original poster, but DO have the same problem.
> Both "Software-Center" and "Synaptic Package Manager" tell me, that
> this software IS already installed.
> 
> BUT ... it does NOT show in any menu,
> and the Application Finder does NOT find it.
> When I open "All" and type "wine", an item called "run wine" pops up,
> but does not do anything.

The reason is simple. Wine is not a GUI application and therefore it has 
no menu entry. See <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine> for some 
instructions how to use wine.


Nils





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