Module: website Branch: master Commit: bd1b490b2a40bea7d29aef0992d1833dac6ab961 URL: http://source.winehq.org/git/website.git/?a=commit;h=bd1b490b2a40bea7d29aef0...
Author: Scott Ritchie scott@open-vote.org Date: Tue Jul 15 09:19:29 2008 -0500
explain these are development packages and clarify instructions for etch users
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diff --git a/templates/en/download-deb.template b/templates/en/download-deb.template index de71dfb..daef8a8 100644 --- a/templates/en/download-deb.template +++ b/templates/en/download-deb.template @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ for managing packages known as APT. APT is able to automagically install all of the needed dependencies for a software package, as well as keep the package up to date, by scanning what are known as APT repositories. Debian-based distributions have their own repositories of software that include Wine, -however we keep our own repository of the latest available packages here for +however we keep our own repository of the latest available beta packages here for download.</p>
<p>There used to be graphical instructions here, however we have found that the @@ -17,11 +17,18 @@ terminal commands are actually simpler to describe and quicker for the user to input. Because the commands below use sudo, you may have to enter your user password after hitting enter.</p>
+<h2>Warning: These are development packages</h2> + +<p><i>The packages here are development packages. This means they will +periodically suffer from <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/Regression">regressions</a>, and as a result an update may break functionality in Wine. If the latest +stable release of Wine (currently Wine 1.0) works for you, then you may not want +to use the development packages.</i></p> + <h2>Adding the WineHQ APT Repository:</h2>
-<p>First, open a terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). Then -add the repository's key to your system's list of trusted APT keys by copy and -pasting the following:</p> +<p>First, open a terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). On +Debian, you will need to open a root terminal. Then add the repository's key +to your system's list of trusted APT keys by copy and pasting the following:</p>
<p><i>wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -</i></p>
@@ -34,9 +41,9 @@ pasting the following:</p>
<p>Then update APT's package information by running '<b>sudo apt-get update</b>'.
-<p>Now you can install Wine by <a href="apt://wine">clicking this link</a>. -Alternatively, you can install by going to Applications->Add/Remove and -searching for Wine.</p> +<p>If you are using Ubuntu, you can now install Wine by <a href="apt://wine"> +clicking this link</a>. Alternatively, you can install by going to +Applications->Add/Remove and searching for Wine.</p>
<h2>Upgrading to a new version of Ubuntu</h2>