http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3544
Summary: Debian packages in wrong layout, and outdated Product: Wine Version: 20050725 Platform: PC URL: http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: wine-ports AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: jbj@image.dk
The packages collection in Debian (.deb) format at http://www.sourceforge.net/apt/ cannot be installed directly because the index files and directory layout do not follow the correct syntax, resulting in 404 http errors when trying to install them.
The apt installer system requires a specific layout of the directories below whatever URL you choose (currently http://www.sourceforge.net/apt/), but unfortunately this layout is not followed. Basically, the directory layout must be the same as in the official Debian archives at http://ftp.xx.debian.org/debian (replace xx by a country code such as de) except that there will be a lot fewer programs (4 rather than 6000).
Additionally, the page at winehq.com describing how to configure your system to use that apt package is all but useless: apt takes its configuration from a file in a specific syntax, but you only provide a screen shot of how things might be selected in one of the less popular GUI front ends. You need to provide the correct line to place in /etc/apt/sources.list as this is the generic fact common to all front ends. While you are at it, be sure to state the date when the text of the page was last valid, so users are not left guessing if this page applies to the situation in the year 2005 or in the year 2001.
And of cause the packages currently on the web page are 2 snapshots behind the source release.