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patdavid · 05-07-2018, 01:46 PM

I know this is old, but ADE 2.0.1 is still the best option for those of us connecting to Overdrive.

Just did a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 and installed wine from the repos (wine 3.0).

This can work as documented in the wiki, but with a minor change needed on my part

1. Clean 32-bit prefix (~/.adewine)
2. install windowscodecs & corefonts

Code:

winetricks -q windowscodecs && winetricks -q corefonts

2a. Need to now move/copy windowscodecs.dll and windowscodecsext.dll into "~/.adewine/drive_c/windows/system32"

They are located in the winetricks cache:

Code:

~/.cache/winetricks/wic_x86_enu.exe

You'll want to use cabextract to extract the contents there.

3. Don't use the small package installer for dotnet 3.5. Instead, use the full package installer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=25150

When running the installer, disconnect from the internet (this stops the installer from trying to get lang packs I think, which was hanging previously and causing the install to fail).

Now proceed as usual and install ADE 2.0.1...

05-07-2018, 01:46 PM	#42
patdavid Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I know this is old, but ADE 2.0.1 is still the best option for those of us connecting to Overdrive. Just did a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04 and installed wine from the repos (wine 3.0). This can work as documented in the wiki, but with a minor change needed on my part 1. Clean 32-bit prefix (~/.adewine) 2. install windowscodecs & corefonts Code: winetricks -q windowscodecs && winetricks -q corefonts 2a. Need to now move/copy windowscodecs.dll and windowscodecsext.dll into "~/.adewine/drive_c/windows/system32" They are located in the winetricks cache: Code: ~/.cache/winetricks/wic_x86_enu.exe You'll want to use cabextract to extract the contents there. 3. Don't use the small package installer for dotnet 3.5. Instead, use the full package installer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=25150 When running the installer, disconnect from the internet (this stops the installer from trying to get lang packs I think, which was hanging previously and causing the install to fail). Now proceed as usual and install ADE 2.0.1...