install programs into wine

[Colin Law]

On 3 February 2017 at 14:26, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 02/03/2017 02:49 AM, Grizzly wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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:
>>
>> Have you tried (find the exe then) "Right-Clink" on the Windoz exe you
>> want to
>> run and choose "Run With Wine"?
>>
>>
>>
> WS=> Yes, I tried that.  Much of the problem is a faulty installation.  A
> Critical folder was not created and in that folder should be some programs
> which are also missing.
>
> I'm going to try to dual boot to Windows (I really hate that) and try to
> install it there.  If I am successful,  I'll try booting to Linux, mounting
> the windows partition and try to run the program under wine.  Is it possible
> to run stuff that way?

No that won't work.

Colin