install programs into wine

[Bill]

On 02/02/2017 09:17 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-02-02 at 21:01 -0500, Bill wrote:
>>
>> On 02/02/2017 08:47 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2017-02-02 at 20:29 -0500, Bill wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am new to wine and am having problems installing
>>>> programs.  The
>>>> program I am trying to install is DAZStudio_4.5.0.114_Win32.exe
>>>> which
>>>> is
>>>> the windows for installer for DAZStudio.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The steps I followed are...
>>>>
>>>> 1 I installed Wine.  (No extra add ons for wine)
>>>>
>>>> 2. I configured Wine.  I want to emulate Windows 7.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Everything seems OK at this point.  To verify that wine is
>>>> running
>>>> I
>>>> ran the Notepad accessory and it runs OK.
>>>>
>>>> 4. I followed the instructions in the web-page document
>>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine
>>>>
>>>> 5. according to the web-page
>>>>
>>>>       a.  I open the terminal.
>>>>
>>>>       b. cd to the folder where the install program is
>>>>
>>>>       c. run the install program.
>>>>
>>>>       d the message I get is "command not found"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 6 what am I doing wrong?  The terminal output is as follows:
>>>>
>>>> ****************************************************************
>>>>
>>>> bill at aragorn ~ $ cd Downloads/DAZ-Studio-Windows
>>>>
>>>> bill at aragorn ~/Downloads/DAZ-Studio-Windows $ ls
>>>>
>>>> 14812_GenesisStarterEssentials_1.3_trx.exe
>>>> DAZStudio_4.5.0.114_Win64.exe
>>>> DAZStudio_4.5.0.114_Win32.exe Installation-Guide-Windows.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> bill at aragorn ~/Downloads/DAZ-Studio-Windows $
>>>> DAZStudio_4.5.0.114_Win32.exe
>>>> DAZStudio_4.5.0.114_Win32.exe: command not found
>>>>
>>>> *****************************************************************
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>> See if this helps you - https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_Guide
>>> #How
>>> _to_install_and_run_Windows_programs
>>>
>>>> WS=> I was able to run the install program and I sucessfuly
>>>> installed the 32 bit version of the product.  I am running Mint -
>>>> Mate desktop and I can see a new entry for the DAZ3D program.
>>>> The problem now it I am unable to run the program.  When I click
>>>> on the launcher for the program, I cas see that something is
>>>> happening, so I wait.  The program ends with nothing happening.
>>>>
>>   
> Bill, take a look at this https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_Guide#H
> ow_to_run_Windows_programs_from_the_command_line and try running from
> the CL and see if you get any error output. To be honest the programs
> I've installed with Wine have 'just worked'.
>
>
> WS=> After some fooling around, I discovered that I have to get their 
> content manager working.  After a lot of effort, I was able to get 
> their manager running but it failed when it couldnt cd to a 
> directory.  I checked and the directory is missing.  It seems that the 
> installation is somehow faulty in that this critical directory was not 
> made.    Maybe I'll try installing virtual box and running it from 
> there.  As a last resort, I guess that I'll have to dual boot to 
> Windows 7.  (I really hate to fall back on the last option because I 
> haven't used Windows in many months.) Thanks for any help I got!  It 
> seems that the problem is with the install program.
>
>

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