(05-16-2016, 07:05 AM)christaliise Wrote: (05-15-2016, 09:44 AM)skunkbad Wrote: (05-15-2016, 03:53 AM)christaliise Wrote: (05-14-2016, 11:55 AM)skunkbad Wrote: How to Install Wine 1.8 Stable via New PPA in Ubuntu
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2015...e-new-ppa/
Install Virtualbox on Ubuntu
See the part "Debian-based Linux distributions"
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2015...e-new-ppa/ - I get this result - 404 Whoa...you broke the Internet!
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads - I don't understand the contents of this page. Yes, I did see the part "Debian-based Linux distributions"
I do wish I could move ahead on Ubuntu.
The first link was just a result from searching Google for "Ubuntu 16.04 install Wine". Search for it and I'm sure you'll see the proper link.
As for not knowing what to do with the Virtualbox instructions, it sounds like you are blown away with terminal usage, and that's normal for a new Linux user. Windows almost never requires using the terminal, but in Linux you use it for many reasons, and it is powerful. I think what you should do is try to find a book at the library or watch some training videos on Ubuntu. Udemy.com has some nice Ubuntu videos, and there are probably many on YouTube. I would probably not be able to walk you through the installation of Wine and Virtualbox in a way that helped you understand what you were doing without writing a small book.
Have you used the terminal yet?
I right clicked the desktop and found "Open Terminal" among others.
I've tried "sudo apt-get install wine" which returned "Unable to locate package wine"
I also tried "sudo apt-get install virtualbox" which returned "sudu: command not found"
Quite frankly, I do not like Ubuntu. I am spending far more time with Ubuntu, than I have been wasting with Windows 7 & 10.
My mission is to build a website that is simple. It would be nice if I could find an Operating System that is simple. Is there a Linux distribution that is simple?
Maybe I should download Windows XP.
1) Opened up terminal - Good
2) Typed in commands that were not in the instructions provided by links - Bad
Ubuntu is considered one of the more user friendly distros for beginners, but many people like Linux Mint, so you might give that a shot. Honestly though, if you're having a hard time just installing Wine and Virtualbox, there's little chance that you'll be successful setting up the whole dev environment.
Windows XP is dead. You'd at least want to use 7.
