Installing+under+wine

//by Jon Ripley, June 2007//

This article is written with [|Ubuntu], [|Kubuntu] and other modern versions of [|Debian] in mind. Download and installation information for other distributions is available [|download area] of the [|wine web site].

Install Wine
To install wine open a command shell by running and type the following commands at the shell prompt: code format="bash" sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts sudo apt-get install gnochm code Enter your user password and answer 'y' when prompted. Each command may take some time to complete depending on the speed of your computer and internet connection.

To test the installation of wine type the following command at the shell prompt: code format="bash" wine notepad code This will create user configuration files for wine and load the wine equivalent of the notepad text editor. You can safely close the terminal window now.


 * Congratulations you now have a fully working installation of wine.**

Install BBC BASIC for Windows
Open a file browser from the and locate the BBC BASIC for Windows set up program supplied when you purchased the BB4W or the [|current demonstration version]. To run the set up program right-click on Setup.exe and choose 'Open with Other Application', click 'Use a custom command', type 'wine' without the quotes and press Enter. Early versions of BBC BASIC for Windows which use the Sax Setup tool may have a white box partially obscuring the installation window; to remedy this move the window out of the way. Early versions of BBC BASIC for Windows will refuse to run stating that the installation is invalid or that the serial number cannot be found, ignore this error as BB4W will work correctly after the upgrade.

Download the [|lastest update for BBC BASIC for Windows] from the official web site. Find the file in the file browser and right-click on upgrade.exe and choose the new option 'Open with "wine"'. After the update is installed delete the 'BBC BASIC for Windows.lnk' file from the desktop.

BBC BASIC for Windows is now installed and is can be run a desktop shortcut and from the menu.

Reading the Help files
It is necessary to use an external HTMLHelp viewer to read the manual and tutorial files supplied with BBC BASIC for Windows because the native support for HTMLHelp files under wine is currently incomplete.

The HTMLHelp viewer ([|gnochm]) is available by running. The help files are stored in the locations listed below: code /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/BBC BASIC for Windows/bbcwin.chm /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/BBC BASIC for Windows/bbctutor.chm code A [|PDF version of the manual] is available from the [|BBC BASIC for Windows web site].

Getting the latest version
To install the latest version of wine on Ubuntu type the following commands at a shell prompt: code format="bash" sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine1.5 code Substituting **wine1.5** with the desired version of wine, if necessary.