Re: [Bug 3616] PlanBee will not install

[SnapafunFrank]

Wine Bugs wrote:
> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3616
>
> ------- Additional Comments From xerox_xerox2000(a)yahoo.co.uk  2005-19-10 04:09 -------
> Hi frank, i read your post on the user list:
> "1. I have BricsCAD for Linux installed and know that if I go for a clean 
> install ( rpm -e wine then rpm -ivh wine~ ) this program gets 
> uninstalled along the way and I lose all my user preferences - real 
> bummer. ( I can not as yet track down what the preferences config file 
> is nor whether or not overwriting the new installation with it will work.)
>
> 2. I also have CrossOver standard 4.2 installed which enabled me to 
> install ( amongst others ) a program called PlanBee.
>
> ( PlanBee is the subject of the bug I've had with wine directly so not 
> of major concern 'cause I will need to uninstall - reinstall PlanBee 
> anyway to test for the bug.)
>
> Q. I take it that I will lose all associations with these secondary 
> installations by going for the clean installation so ask if there is a 
> compatable alternative that will still ensure I get helpful info for the 
> bug list ?"
>
> I assume all your programs are installed in ~/.wine (please check) For testing
> you could just backup : mv ~/.wine ~/.wine_backup, update your wine package and
> test in a new created ./wine (just running "wine" will create this directory).
> This way you can always revert the changes you make by moving back your
> ~/.wine_backup. BTW As of july there's no config file anymore, you have to use
> winecfg to set eventual preferences.
> *

Thanks for the reply and it is a handy reminder.

My main problem is simply that when I uninstall wine, BricsCAD will be 
removed/uninstalled also.
I have no problem with 're-doing' everything with wine, my problem is 
that I will lose all my user preferences for BricsCAD should I go this 
way. ( BricsCAD is installed in /opt/bricscad but is somehow tied to the 
wine installation.)

Note: BricsCAD would not install if I first did any form of 
configuration with a clean install of wine ~ I needed to install wine, 
install BricsCAD4Linux, install CrossOver, then re-install 
BricsCAD4Linux to get both CrossOver and BricsCAD running correctly. As 
by this installation on my system you can see that I at no time touched 
anything to do with configuring wine.

At this point I followed the rule: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Then I used CrossOver to install PlanBee ~ that found some bug that I 
have chosen to assist with.

So to recap: the wine config ain't the problem ~ it's retaining the 
preferences with installed programs using wine that's the problem.

I guess I was hoping that a simple rpm -Uvh would be enough but I also 
want to give the bug guys a correct report for what happens with the 
latest wine package and PlanBee.

Still, the 'heads up' with winecfg is a great reminder and greatly 
appreciated.

-- 
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Regards

SnapafunFrank

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