Surprised that CW doesn't provide a DEB for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ubuntu supports it for some time yet.
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Surprised that CW doesn't provide a DEB for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ubuntu supports it for some time yet.
You're "surprised" only because you aren't aware Ubuntu was in a half-cooked state when in come to a multi-arch architecture. Ubuntu 12.04 was a problem when 12.04 was new, never mind if Canonical supports it or not.
You see, Debian (and therefore Ubuntu) decided to join the party when it comes to handling 32 bit on a 64 bit OS, kind of like what Arch was already doing, with a multi-arch set-up. The thing is, the change wasn't made as smooth as one would wish for. Hence, Crossover, being a 32 bit software, suffured some problems. So it's not that Codeweavers doesn't want to support 12.04, it's just not possible to do it right.
This has been discussed numerous times on the forum, and has specific mentions elsewhere on this site. I understand it is disappointing, but there is very little to be done about it.
George Bohannon wrote:
Surprised that CW doesn't provide a DEB for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Ubuntu
supports it for some time yet.
Uninstall(don't use the Uninstall CrossOver Linux menu entry) the old .deb package. Then use the .bin file. Your bottles will be preserved.
Silviu Cojocaru on 2014-10-29 13:06
Regarding the uninstall recommendation - thank you, that is indeed very helpful.
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