From 6504ee442b8c7b4afceadde644c8a05e81b353e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandre Julliard Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:10:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: Updated. --- README | 34 ++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 913e7340b59..46a4b1e6c86 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -66,30 +66,28 @@ Mac OS X info: Supported file systems: - Wine should run on most file systems. However, Wine will fail to start - if umsdos is used for the /tmp directory. A few compatibility problems have - also been reported using files accessed through Samba. Also, NTFS does not - provide all the file system features needed by some applications. - Using a native Linux file system such as ext3 is recommended. + Wine should run on most file systems. A few compatibility problems + have also been reported using files accessed through Samba. Also, + NTFS does not provide all the file system features needed by some + applications. Using a native Linux file system such as ext3 is + recommended. Basic requirements: You need to have the X11 development include files installed (called xlib6g-dev in Debian and XFree86-devel in Red Hat). -Build tool requirements: - On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.2 is required. - Versions earlier than 2.7.2.3 may have problems when certain files - are compiled with optimization, often due to problems with header file - management. - Of course you also need "make" (most likely GNU make). You also need flex version 2.5 or later and bison. Optional support libraries: - Run ./configure --verbose to see the optional libraries that could - be used but aren't found on your system. + Configure will display notices when optional libraries are not found + on your system. See http://wiki.winehq.org/Recommended_Packages for + hints about the packages you should install. + On 64-bit platforms you have to make sure to install the 32-bit + versions of these libraries; see http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit + for details. 4. COMPILATION @@ -128,12 +126,8 @@ Don't forget to uninstall any conflicting previous Wine installation first. Try either "dpkg -r wine" or "rpm -e wine" or "make uninstall" before installing. -See the Support area at http://www.winehq.org/ for configuration -hints. - -In case of library loading errors -(e.g. "Error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.so"), make sure -to add the library path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig as root. +Once installed, you can run the "winecfg" configuration tool. See the +Support area at http://www.winehq.org/ for configuration hints. 6. RUNNING PROGRAMS @@ -148,7 +142,7 @@ For example: to run Solitaire: wine c:\\windows\\sol.exe (using DOS filename syntax) - wine /usr/windows/sol.exe (using Unix filename syntax) + wine ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/sol.exe (using Unix filename syntax) wine sol.exe /parameter1 -parameter2 parameter3 (calling program with parameters)