24th March 2017, 2:00
Well, i'm afraid i just don't understand, The Synaptic pic i attached shows that, according to Synaptic, my installed Wine version is already 1.8 [which of course contradicts what Maui seems to think]. Having read your reply, i relaunched Synaptic & marked Wine for reinstallation, then did it, but Maui [per Konsole] continues to say 1.6.2. That contradiction is silly.
Seeking an alternative solution, i went to WineHQ site https://www.winehq.org/download, which says:
...but there is no post-source download available, so i'd have to compile & build it from source-code myself apparently, which for something as complex / interdependent as Wine i find a very unappealing prospect.
Then i looked for their latest stable version with available deb download. That was also basically a waste of time [their links lead me round in circles from page to page then back to the beginning]. There's a PPA mentioned here, https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu, BUT it also says:
...which obviously leads me straight back to Maui, & the inherent version contradiction i've already pointed out.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this contradiction impasse might be my "fault", as i [back in Maui 1, but i carried it forward with each upgrade] have PoL installed so i can run MyPhoneExplorer [the ONLY decent way i've been able to interact with my Android mobile phone re call logs, SMS records, contacts, in Linux]. Maybe PoL installed Wine 1.6.2? Getting MPE to work originally was very fiddly, so i don't want to blow it all away on a whim. However to test my speculation after this post i shall launch one of my Maui VMs, which do not have PoL installed, check its Wine version... & maybe even try out your procedure there.
Seeking an alternative solution, i went to WineHQ site https://www.winehq.org/download, which says:
Quote:Wine Binary Packages
Latest stable release: Wine 2.0
Latest development release: Wine 2.4
...but there is no post-source download available, so i'd have to compile & build it from source-code myself apparently, which for something as complex / interdependent as Wine i find a very unappealing prospect.
Then i looked for their latest stable version with available deb download. That was also basically a waste of time [their links lead me round in circles from page to page then back to the beginning]. There's a PPA mentioned here, https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu, BUT it also says:
Quote:WineHQ only builds binary packages for the development and staging branches, ... Binary packages for the stable branch are the responsibility of the distros. If you are looking for an updated stable package, ask your distro where to find it.
...which obviously leads me straight back to Maui, & the inherent version contradiction i've already pointed out.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this contradiction impasse might be my "fault", as i [back in Maui 1, but i carried it forward with each upgrade] have PoL installed so i can run MyPhoneExplorer [the ONLY decent way i've been able to interact with my Android mobile phone re call logs, SMS records, contacts, in Linux]. Maybe PoL installed Wine 1.6.2? Getting MPE to work originally was very fiddly, so i don't want to blow it all away on a whim. However to test my speculation after this post i shall launch one of my Maui VMs, which do not have PoL installed, check its Wine version... & maybe even try out your procedure there.