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From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Wine complains about Gecko
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:39:53
Message-Id: AANLkTikTB7+KvHv1zPHJDLKCd10AY2zqQopJjkHe1jC+@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Wine complains about Gecko by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > On 09/07/2010 08:11 PM, Paul Hartman wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de>  wrote:
5 >>>
6 >>> When I try to launch a Windows program in Wine (1.3.2), an error dialog
7 >>> appears informing me that Gecko is not installed and the program might
8 >>> not
9 >>> work (which it doesn't).  It has an "install" button there, but mentions
10 >>> that it would be better if the distro, Gentoo in this case, would offer
11 >>> it
12 >>> and install it from there.
13 >>
14 >> I have it on my system as part of wine. I can run "wine iexplore" and
15 >> I get the WINE Internet Explorer and it can successfully load web
16 >> pages.
17 >>
18 >> $ equery b /usr/share/wine/gecko/wine_gecko-1.0.0-x86.cab
19 >>  * Searching for /usr/share/wine/gecko/wine_gecko-1.0.0-x86.cab ...
20 >> app-emulation/wine-1.3.1 (/usr/share/wine/gecko/wine_gecko-1.0.0-x86.cab)
21 >
22 > The file is here too.  So I guess it's supposed to be installed manually by
23 > the user?
24
25 I believe it should install automatically (when it gives you the
26 message about it not being installed). I don't remember ever having to
27 do anything special.
28
29 I wonder if you rename your .wine directory & start with a fresh wine
30 configuration if it will work then?
31
32 Otherwise, this appears to have the manual installation instructions:
33 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3911037&postcount=4
34
35 Good luck :)