https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42297
Bug ID: 42297 Summary: Gecko does not install itself in 2.0rc6 Product: Wine-gecko Version: unspecified Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-gecko-unknown Assignee: jacek@codeweavers.com Reporter: proveit@tutamail.com Distribution: ---
I'm using the latest version of Wine in the development branch (2.0rc6). This bug occurs on Linux Mint Mate 32-bit. The bug is simple. In the past, when running any program in a development branch version of Wine, Wine always prompted me to install gecko and mono when I first run a program.
The prompting is expected behavior: "WineHQ does not at present package wine-gecko or wine-mono. When creating a new wine prefix, you will be asked if you want to download those components. For best compatibility, it is recommended to click Yes here." (Source: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu)
The instructions from the Gecko wiki page (https://wiki.winehq.org/Gecko) to manually install Gecko also does not work. The page says to download the .msi file manually (wine_gecko-2.47-x86.msi in my case) and copy it to /usr/share/wine/gecko. Not only does the directory wine not exist in /usr/share in a standard installation of the development branch from PPA (sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel), but even when I create the wine/gecko directory under /usr/share, copying the .msi file there seems to do nothing when I run a program in a clean wine prefix.
In other words, gecko can't be installed at all in the latest version of Wine development branch. The automatic install fails, and so does the manual install.