Trying to Install wine after typing command "su" I am asked to introduce a password. What is this password?

The password that you have chosen when you have installed ubuntu.

Actually, you should be using the "sudo" command and give your chosen password.
The "su" command to become root is asking for the root password, which does not exist, unless you
set it up (not recommended).

It doesn't work, I receive the message: authentication failed

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Your question #168687 on gnome-terminal in Ubuntu changed:
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Enrico "eNry" Carafa proposed the following answer:
The password that you have chosen when you have installed ubuntu.

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depending on which version of ubuntu you have, you may need to go to www.winehq.com and add the ppa before you can install wine (ie: ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10). after you've added the ppa, go into terminal and type

sudo apt-get install wine1.3

type in your password when requested. it won't show on the screen.

you can also install wine via synaptic package manager without having to go through sudo. but what you get may not be the most current version.

I installed wine1.3 via synaptic package manager but still can not
install the MapSource (TripWpt)

I receive this message

rchive: /media/TripWpt Mgr v3/Setup.exe
[/media/TripWpt Mgr v3/Setup.exe]
   End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
   a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
   latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
   the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/TripWpt Mgr
v3/Setup.exe or
           /media/TripWpt Mgr v3/Setup.exe.zip, and cannot find
/media/TripWpt Mgr v3/Setup.exe.ZIP, period.

Citando marcus aurelius <email address hidden>:

> Your question #168687 on gnome-terminal in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/168687
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> marcus aurelius proposed the following answer:
> depending on which version of ubuntu you have, you may need to go to
> www.winehq.com and add the ppa before you can install wine (ie: ubuntu
> 10.04 and 10.10). after you've added the ppa, go into terminal and type
>
> sudo apt-get install wine1.3
>
> type in your password when requested. it won't show on the screen.
>
> you can also install wine via synaptic package manager without having to
> go through sudo. but what you get may not be the most current version.
>
> --
> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> know that it is solved:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/168687/+confirm?answer_id=3
>
> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> following page to enter your feedback:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+question/168687
>
> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>
>

Alfredo Cravador
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Faro-Portugal
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I succeeded in working with MapSource copying the CD to a directory and then rigth clicking the setup.exe, and selecting "Open with Wine Program Loader". Then I follow the instructions in Trip & Waypoint Manager like as installing it each time and choosing Modify or Repair and at the end "Launch MapSource now"