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I am using Maverick Meerkat (10.10). It has Wine 1.2. I followed the instructions at WinHQ for updating wine. In Synaptic Package Manager, the highest version I get now for upgrading is 1.3, not 1.5.

How can I get upgrade to Wine 1.5? I do not want to upgrade the Ubuntu version.

It seems that some of the supporting libraries such as lib6 are old. I would like to know how I can update them so as to make Wine 1.5 available.

Update: After adding the PPA, I was able to get Wine 1.4, even though Synaptic Software Manager listed it as 1.3. The reason I wanted the latest wine was to install the Encyclopedia Britannica DVD. I got it installed in Windows and started using the installation folder from Wine. Prior to that, I had to run Windows flash installer in Wine. So, this problem is already solved.

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  • Since you are asking for help for a version of Ubuntu which is no longer supported, and the problem would be solved much more easily if you were using a newer version, it only makes me even more curious about your reasons for sticking with Maverick. Care to enlighten?
    – thomasrutter
    Jun 30, 2012 at 16:05
  • Gnome 2 most likely than not.
    – Uri Herrera
    Jun 30, 2012 at 19:08
  • I prefer this version because it uses Gnome 2 and OpenOffice. I can use Mate desktop for getting Gnome 2 effects but there is no replacement for OpenOffice. One of the books that I am writing was originally written in OpenOffice. That document suffers from formatting and stability problems in LibreOffice.
    – BZ1
    Jul 6, 2012 at 19:02

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Maverick is already EOL.

The Official Wine PPA offers Wine 1.3 for Maverick, 1.5 and 1.4 are for Oneiric and Precise Only, dependencies and all.

I suppose installing from source could be an option otherwise you'll have to upgrade.

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