I started this project for my own use but it has grown into something that I
feel is pretty helpful. From the script header:
>
> Derrived from the Portuguese word for wine estate or wine cellar, Adega is
a simple program to help with the task of managing and configuring your wine
prefixes doing so completely independent of your systems default wine install
and prefix.
>
This script helps you manage your prefixes in a "less is more" sort of
fashion. Features include winetricks/wisotool management, execution of built in
tools such as regedit and winecfg, Menu driven launcher dialog, support for both
zenity (Gnome and other GTK based desktops) and kdialog (KDE desktops), Creation
of prefixes in a wizard driven manner, Independent precompiled WINE version
(thanks to the PlayOnLinux repo), Launcher creation/Desktop Menu integration,
Logging, Desktop resolution fixups (dont you hate it when a wine app doesnt
reset your desktop size?), prefix backup/compress, and more to come like the
ability to build self extracting installers from preconfigured prefixes. (like
google picasa)
What this script does NOT do:
Any sort of magic voodoo that is guaranteed to make all your windows apps run.
Ive tried to stay away from tweaking and fixups for wine apps for the most part
as there are plenty of WINE frontends, such as the wonderful PlayOnLinux, that
do this for you. I wanted/Needed something that would allow me to create a
prefix, configure/tweak it the way *I* wanted using the readily available
tools/scripts (namely winetricks) and install apps. If you are looking for
something fancier then this is not the app for you :)
What not use PlayOnLinux/Cedga? you might ask... Its an excellent app for sure
but sometimes, mostly where there is no supported install script or when
updating a app/game its just easier to do things yourself. This got me writing
and putting together bits of code and what ultimately resulted in what I feel is
a nice little frontend. I use it everyday and continue to add features and
improvements. More info and usage info is available at the github project page.
Packages that you will need (Ubuntu/debian packages):
curl, icoutils, imagemagick, wget, zenity|kdialog
Maybe also:
ia32-libs (for 64bit) lib32asound2 libc6-i386 lib32nss-mdns binfmt-support
winbind ttf-symbol-replacement, ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Known bugs:
Menu navigation Back functions need to be improved
Overall error checking could be better
Need better error checking in the update functions
Not much documentation of features/usage
Github Home:
http://github.com/onemyndseye/adega
Direct download:
http://github.com/onemyndseye/adega/raw/master/adega
It has certainly developed into something that fills my WINE needs and maybe it
will yours as well :)
Take care,
-onemyndseye
