@Jean-Baptiste thanks for your analysis. I do have Wine installed from a PPA:
# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-wine-ppa-karmic.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu karmic main # wine --version wine-1.1.39 dpkg-query -l wine Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=====================================================-=====================================================-========================================================================================================================== rc wine 1.1.32~winehq0~ubuntu~9.04-0ubuntu1 Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library) # apt-cache policy wine wine: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.1.39-0ubuntu1~karmic5 Version table: 1.1.39-0ubuntu1~karmic5 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages 1.1.32~winehq0~ubuntu~9.04-0ubuntu1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.0.1-0ubuntu8 0 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au karmic/universe Packages I'm not sure why my apt-cache report says installed (none). -- update-binfmts: /var/lib/binfmts/wine corrupt: out of binfmt data https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532458 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs