I have a couple older Window$ programs that I would like to run. Mostly because I can't seem to find Linux programs that I like that do the jobs I want done. SuSE 9.0 comes with Wine and I even downloaded and installed the newest and greatest version. Now, how do I get it to work? I can't find it in any menu. I can't find an executable in any of the directories, just a bunch of "so" and "dll" files and other things I suppose Wine needs to function. Is it supposed to just pop open when I click the program I want to run or is there some shell that I start first? (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU." Pass them on!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 May 2004 09:08, Billie Walsh wrote:
I have a couple older Window$ programs that I would like to run. Mostly because I can't seem to find Linux programs that I like that do the jobs I want done.
SuSE 9.0 comes with Wine and I even downloaded and installed the newest and greatest version. Now, how do I get it to work? I can't find it in any menu. I can't find an executable in any of the directories, just a bunch of "so" and "dll" files and other things I suppose Wine needs to function.
Is it supposed to just pop open when I click the program I want to run or is there some shell that I start first?
Once you've installed Wine, you need to configure it for your user. From a console, type "wine". Follow the instructions to setup your fake_windows directory. After you've configured it, put the setup disk in your drive (I'll assume it's in /media/cdrom) and mount it. Assuming it has a standard setup.exe on it, from a console type wine /media/cdrom/setup.exe It should step you through the installation just as if you were doing it in Windows. Note that not all packages run under wine, although they're getting better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAnkUsjeziQOokQnARAsrTAJ9A7cJ2VG/F2lHnqwddvjgGaLdQOACbByER 0D/4f0nU8L6uDmk5rAlcr9U= =0mk8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Another really good place to learn about setting up wine and running programs is http://www.frankscorner.org. However, it seems to be down at the moment... -----Original Message----- From: Billie Walsh [mailto:bilwalsh@swbell.net] Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 10:09 AM To: Suse-E Subject: [SLE] Wine I have a couple older Window$ programs that I would like to run. Mostly because I can't seem to find Linux programs that I like that do the jobs I want done. SuSE 9.0 comes with Wine and I even downloaded and installed the newest and greatest version. Now, how do I get it to work? I can't find it in any menu. I can't find an executable in any of the directories, just a bunch of "so" and "dll" files and other things I suppose Wine needs to function. Is it supposed to just pop open when I click the program I want to run or is there some shell that I start first? (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU." Pass them on!
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Billie Walsh
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Michael Sacco
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Michael Satterwhite