I am new to linux I am running Ubuntu I downloaded the program (wine) and extracted it, now what Thanks Rick [Question]
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM, rhoxie1 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> I am new to linux I am running Ubuntu I downloaded the program (wine) and extracted it, now whatDid you download the source or the .deb package? If source, you'd need to compile it. If .deb, install with $ sudo dpkg -i wine*.deb
Ok how do I know which package I downloaded I hope I not over my head with this so far I like linux but when you talk deb or compile it scares me Rick
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 12:27 PM, rhoxie1 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Ok how do I know which package I downloaded I hope I not over my head with this so far I like linux but when you talk deb or compile it scares meWhat file did you download? -- -Austin
wine-1.1.18.tar.bz2 I got it from sourceforge.net
rhoxie1 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote on April 7th:> >Ok how do I know which package I downloaded I hope I not over my head with this so far I like >linux but when you talk deb or compile it scares meIf you downloaded a .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz file, this is source code and must be built into an executable package, commonly called configuring and compiling. If you downloaded a .rpm file, you downloaded a prebuilt package for RedHat/CentOS/Fedora Linux distributions. If you downloaded a .deb file, you downloaded a prebuilt package for Debian type Linux distributions. There are prebuilt packages for Ubuntu, OpenSuse and other Linux distributions as well. Installing them is somewhat easier than 'rolling your own' but may introduce problems as the build may not take into account packages that you did not install. I would follow Austing English's advice and get the file from the WineHQ server and install it. James McKenzie
Yeah I got it installed so now how do I get a windows program to run Thanks for the help
man I do appreciate your help ok run I ran that command line this what it says wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\setup.exe": Module not found again thanks for the help I really want this to work so I don't have to mess with window as much Rick
I am sorry I am lost I understand the double click exe but iam really lost with the rest I really don't understand the command line cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/<rest of path where program is> wine <program name> again thanks for the help Rick
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 2:49 PM, rhoxie1 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote: What program are you trying to install? Where is it located? -- -Austin
ok it is on a CD and it is called DVD Decrypter rick
Man I am sorry but when I double click on a the exe file this what i get [/media/BURN,INC./DVDFab Platinum 3/PcSetup.exe] End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on the last disk(s) of this archive. note: /media/BURN,INC./DVDFab Platinum 3/PcSetup.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/BURN,INC./DVDFab Platinum 3/PcSetup.exe or /media/BURN,INC./DVDFab Platinum 3/PcSetup.exe.zip, and cannot find /media/BURN,INC./DVDFab Platinum 3/PcSetup.exe.ZIP, period. again i really appreciate the help and the patient Rick