http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19990
--- Comment #14 from Iceburgh69@cableone.net 2009-10-05 13:00:17 --- (In reply to comment #13)
I have the same issue. I can get WOW to install off of the downloaded version, however when it tries to patch, I get the Wine needs to close popup, and WOW locks up, making me force quit the program. I have no idea how to run Wine from the command prompt, largely because I can't find it. Otherwise, I'd happilly send along the log.
On closer inspection and advice I got while talking to others I know who have used Linux before/are using it currently, downloading the patchs manually and running them locally seems to work, tedious as it is.