http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2564
------- Additional Comments From scott@open-vote.org 2004-13-11 18:54 ------- Running sudo su before running wineinstall doesn't fix the problem, as wineinstall won't let itself be run as root.
If there's an enivronment variable out there standard for systems with root account disabled, wineinstall should check it and then use sudo instead.