Subj : Re: WinPoint with Wine
To   : Martin Foster
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Sun Mar 19 2023 18:03:27

//Hello Martin,//

on *16.03.2023* at *10:45:00* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *Alan Beck* about *"WinPoint with Wine"*.

 MF> Hello Alan!

 MF> *** Wednesday 15.03.23 at 07:43, Alan Beck wrote to Martin Foster:

 MF> [snip]
 AB>>>> sudo wine WinpointII.exe

 MF>>> I don't understand why you're running wine as "Super User" ??

 AB>> It is the only mode that works on Ubuntu.

 MF> Hmmmmmmm, have a look at what "ask Ubuntu" has to say about this:

 MF> https://tinyurl.com/2xrbnpun

Well, I bet you installed it using sudo causing your problems ;) I guess, Wine installs for the current user, und if you use sudo for the setup, WP is getting installed for root and only works when youre root (as in using sudo).

Regards,
Tim

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