Install wine 1.4 on Debian Squeeze the easy way

December 6th, 2012

So you need to update your wine version on Debian Squeeze. You can go ahead and compile from sources, or you can follow these simple instructions.

Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list by adding the following:

deb https://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis85cr main

Mepis is a Linux distro based on the stable branch of Debian, but it comes with more updated binaries (wine included).

Edit your /etc/apt/preferences file (or create it if it doesn’t exist):

Package: *
Pin: release n=squeeze
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release n=mepis85cr
Pin-Priority: 200

This will allow you to choose from which repository to install new packages. By default the squeeze packages will be used.

Now from a console type:

:~$ sudo apt-get update
:~$ sudo apt-get install wine/mepis85cr

The /mepis85cr next to apt-get install will choose the packages from Mepis instead of Debian.

Enjoy your updated wine version!

2 Comments

  1. Thank you man, I’m gonna test this version.

    Comment by DiegoQ — February 3, 2013 @ 8:37 pm
  2. Works like a charm, very good guide!

    Comment by Sjoe — May 24, 2013 @ 5:33 pm

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