From: Kyle Auble Subject: [1/2] [website] Add up-to-date download page for Debian Message-Id: <55FE2154.6070307@zoho.com> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:00:36 -0600 I know the old page was removed just a few months ago, but I wrote a new one (modeled on the Ubuntu page). It explains the differences between "wine" vs. "wine-development" and has instructions for those that want the Backports version. Also, per the suggestion at the end of the Debian bug report, the links to Debian package info are for both packages, and each lists all available versions. --- templates/en/download/debian.template | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 133 insertions(+) create mode 100644 templates/en/download/debian.template diff --git a/templates/en/download/debian.template b/templates/en/download/debian.template new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eff7d88 --- /dev/null +++ b/templates/en/download/debian.template @@ -0,0 +1,133 @@ + + + +

+Debian Logo +Wine on Debian + +Debian Logo

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You can directly install software for Debian from .deb package +files, but using the APT package manager (or a front-end such as +Aptitude or Synaptic) to get software from the official Debian repos is +much safer and cleaner. This page explains how to install your preferred +version of Wine this way.

+ +

Apt-Get Basics (for 32-Bit Debian)

+ +

So long as your package system is configured correctly and +up-to-date, grabbing Wine should be simple, whether you use Debian +stable, testing, or unstable. On 32-bit +Debian, you can install a stable release of Wine with a single +apt-get command:

+ +
sudo apt-get install wine
+ +

Starting with Debian Jessie (release 8.0), there is also a package of +Wine's development release that can be installed alongside the stable +release:

+ +
sudo apt-get install wine-development
+ +

Note that you currently need to use the command +'wine-development' instead of 'wine' to run the +development version from the command-line.

+ +

Also, while the "wine-development" package on Debian unstable +should closely track upstream, the version on Debian stable will +only upgrade with each new release of Debian. Similarly, the version on +Debian testing will track upstream except while Debian is in its +biennial code-freeze.

+ +

On 64-Bit Debian

+ +

Even if your system uses 64-bit Debian, you probably still +want a Wine installation that can run 32-bit Windows applications. To +install 32-bit application support, just make sure your system is +configured to pull in 32-bit packages and the index is updated +first:

+ +
+sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install wine-development
+
+ +

Starting with Debian Stretch, you can also install Wine on 64-bit +ARM systems:

+ +
+sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install wine-development
+
+ +

Debian Backports

+ +

If you are on Debian stable and want a newer version of +"wine-development", starting with Debian Jessie, you can grab a version +in sync with upstream from Debian backports. To install it, you +need to + +enable the Backports repo + +first by adding the following line to one of your sources.list +files (replace xx with an appropriate country code):

+ +
+deb ftp://ftp.xx.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib
+
+ +

You can do this either through Synaptic +(Settings -> Repositories -> Other Software -> Add) +or by editing the sources.list file directly +('sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list'). +Once you've added your sources, update your package index +(Reload in Synaptic or 'sudo apt-get update' on the + command-line).

+ +

If you don't mind possibly upgrading other dependencies to +backports versions too, you can install everything in one +swoop:

+ +
sudo apt-get install -t jessie-backports wine-development
+ +

If you want to be more selective about keeping stable +dependencies though, you can use the form:

+ +
sudo apt-get install wine-development/jessie-backports
+ +

However, if any other packages need to be installed or updated, this +method will abort with a list of such packages. You can selectively +install those from either stable or backports, then repeat +the command to install "wine-development/jessie-backports".

+ +

More Information

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For more info, you can see the Debian package site:

+ + + +

There are also useful wiki pages out there too:

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