Is there some trick installing a .exe file using wine for, Kubuntu 8.04

[Bruce MacArthur]

On Saturday 10 October 2009 05:29:56 am Brian Norman Wootton wrote:
> Re: Is there some trick installing a .exe file using wine for
> 	Kubuntu	8.04
> 
> On Friday 09 October 2009 04:18:20 pm Muzer wrote:
> 
> > > ray burke wrote:
> >   
> >> > > On 10/10/09, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> 
wrote:
> >>     
> >>> > >> ray burke wrote:
> >>> > >>  > I want to be able to run a windows .exe program on my kde 
3.5 
> >>>       
> Kubuntu
> >>> > >>  > 8.04, as I have it loaded in the program files in wine but 
cant
> >>> > >>  > execute it?
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Generally, you install a Windows program in wine with:
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >>  wine setup.exe
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >>  Of course, you would replace setup.exe with the installation 
program
> >>> > >> for this particular Windows program.  Then, you can run 
programs from
> >>> > >> the Wine menu.  How did you install the program exactly, and 
what
> >>> > >> happens if/when you try to run it?
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >>  Matt Flaschen
> >>>       
> >> > >
> >> > > Matt Flaschen
> >> > >
> >> > > how do you insert wine setup.exe and where?
> >> > >
> >> > > ray
> >>     
> > > 
> > > When you're in the file manager, press F4, and type it into the box 
that
> > > appears at the bottom. Press F4 once you're done to get rid of it 
again.
> > > 
> >   
> have you tried to simply double-click the .exe? Wine will 
automatically 
> try to run it if it can. I think, in my opinion, that if a windows app 
> won't open or install that way, it will most likely be too much of a 
> hassle to try to get running. If you are super lucky, wine will even 
> create menu entries for the app (even if it doesn't run sometimes) 
clay.
> 
> -------------------
> I've got 9.04 on a 64b AMD.
> 
> I have tried all the suggested variations, all produce the same 
symptoms:
> on the console:
> 
> $wine /media/cdrom0/setup.exe
> 
> gives me a pop-up:
> ------------------------------------------
> MDAC was updated. Your system will reboot to complete the update. 
After 
> your system
> reboots setup.exe will continue.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> when I click OK in the pop-up, I get multiple
> 
> fixme:odbc:SQLRemoveDriveManager
> 
> on the console - the whole thing is in an continuous loop, Only way 
out 
> is Cont-C, kill -9 blah,
> or reboot. I tried rebooting myself as the pop-up was lying, but no 
good 
> - still the same
> continuous loop after the wine ... command.
> Any clues? or should I just forget it, as Clay says - or is there a 
> simple fix for simpleton
> like me?
> brian
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It is well known that wine is NOT able to run ALL win-doze applications.  
Perhaps you are looking at one of those which it simply can NOT run.  
The only way to "have your kate and edith too" is through 
virtualization. VirtualBox is an open-source option; VMWare is a 
proprietary or commercial option.


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