Hi, I am a new Ubuntu user and I am trying to get rid of Windows from all my computers forever! The only hurdle is my medical billing software Kareo. When I tried to run the exe file it states that it is extracting an MSI file and then shut out. I tried extracting the msi files running w/ the wine msi switch but it states that the msi file cannot run w/o the setup file. The program can be freely downloaded from the kareo website. I tried to get support to help me but they are not interested and asked me to use Windows instead. They don't support Linux and show no interest in doing so. I am open to any ideas except for keeping windows on all my pcs. I love Ubuntu and I have not desire to go back to the other bug ridden and virus infested software. Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated, regards rgor
On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 23:03, rgor <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Hi, > I am a new Ubuntu user and I am trying to get rid of Windows from all my computers forever! The only hurdle is my medical billing software Kareo. ?When I tried to run the exe file it states that it is extracting an MSI file and then shut out. > I tried extracting the msi files running w/ the wine msi switch but it states that the msi file cannot run w/o the setup file. ?The program can be freely downloaded from the kareo website. > I tried to get support to help me but they are not interested and asked me to use Windows instead. ?They don't support Linux and show no interest in doing so. > I am open to any ideas except for keeping windows on all my pcs. ?I love Ubuntu and I have not desire to go back to the other bug ridden and virus infested software. > Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated, > regards > rgorWine FAQ (http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ) has information on how to install programs in Wine (and is generally an *extremely* recommended reading anyway). If you're using Natty 11.04, beware that the unity desktop has some bugs impacting wine, so Ubuntu classic desktop (or kubuntu, xubuntu, ...) is preferable.
Thank you for the guide, it was really useful. I got into the terminal mode, and typed wine start kareo_setup.exe. I got a window popup saying extracting MSI, then I got this message: rg at Linux:~/Downloads$ wine start Kareo_Setup.exe fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 rg at Linux:~/Downloads$ fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"rg" (nil) 0x3382c0 (nil) 0x3382c4 0x3382b8 - stub fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"rg" 0x13fdd8 0x3382c0 0x140d88 0x3382c4 0x3382b8 - stub err:msi:remove_tracked_tempfiles failed to delete L"C:\\users\\rg\\Temp\\msi213a.tmp" and it put me back to the terminal windows. I'm messing up somewhere. I've searched through the manual (it started getting over my head) and the faq. Can anyone suggest any alternatives besides going back to Windows?
Hi, I upgraded to Wine 1.3 and here is what I got when I tried to run the program: fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100 pranav at pranav:~/.wine/drive_c$ fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented. fixme:msi:check_assembly_installed we should probably check the manifest file here fixme:msi:check_assembly_installed we should probably check the manifest file here
They also have a setup.ini file. Does this help?
[Info]
Name=INTL
Version=1.00.000
DiskSpace=8000 ;DiskSpace requirement in KB
[Startup]
CmdLine=/L*v "C:\kareo.log"
SuppressWrongOS=Y
ScriptDriven=1
ScriptVer=12.0.0.49974
DotNetOptionalInstallIfSilent=N
OnUpgrade=1
RequireExactLangMatch=0404,0804
Product=Kareo
PackageName=Kareo.msi
EnableLangDlg=N
LogResults=N
UI=1000
DoMaintenance=Y
ProductCode={6A012CB9-3A26-48A4-B59A-0442C5DA7558}
ProductVersion=1.56.4094.31812
SuppressReboot=Y
Skin=setup.isn
LauncherName=kareo_setup.exe
DotNetVersion=v2.0.50727
DotNetSPRequiredUseDotNetUI=N
DotNetCoreSetupUILang=1033
DotNetLangPacksDotNetFxCmdDotNetLangPackCmdDotNetOptional=N
DotNetDelayReboot=N
PackageCode={104A526F-2860-42B2-879C-65A12E964783}
Source=0
[MsiVersion]
3.1.4000.2435=SupportOSMsi30
[SupportOSMsi11] ;Supported platforms for MSI 1.1
Win95=1
Win98=1
WinNT4SP3=1
[SupportOSMsi12] ;Supported platforms for MSI 1.2
Win95=1
Win98=1
WinME=1
WinNT4SP3=1
[SupportOS] ;Supported platforms for MSI 2.0
Win95=1
Win98=1
WinME=1
WinNT4SP6=1
Win2K=1
[SupportOSMsi30] ;Supported platforms for MSI 3.0
Win2KSP3=1
WinXP=1
Win2003Server=1
[Win95]
MajorVer=4
MinorVer=0
MinorVerMax=1
BuildNo=950
PlatformId=1
[Win98]
MajorVer=4
MinorVer=10
MinorVerMax=11
BuildNo=1998
PlatformId=1
[WinME]
MajorVer=4
MinorVer=90
MinorVerMax=91
BuildNo=3000
PlatformId=1
[WinNT4SP3]
MajorVer=4
MinorVer=0
MinorVerMax=1
BuildNo=1381
PlatformId=2
ServicePack=768
[WinNT4SP6]
MajorVer=4
MinorVer=0
MinorVerMax=1
BuildNo=1381
PlatformId=2
ServicePack=1536
[Win2K]
MajorVer=5
MinorVer=0
MinorVerMax=1
BuildNo=2195
PlatformId=2
[Win2KSP3]
MajorVer=5
MinorVer=0
MinorVerMax=1
BuildNo=2195
PlatformId=2
ServicePack=768
[WinXP]
MajorVer=5
MinorVer=1
MinorVerMax=2
BuildNo=2600
PlatformId=2
[Win2003Server]
MajorVer=5
MinorVer=2
MinorVerMax=3
BuildNo=2600
PlatformId=2
[Kareo.msi]
CertKey=Kareo.isc
Type=0
Location=Kareo.msi
[Languages]
count=1
default=409
key0=409
[Setup.bmp]
0=setup.bmp
Type=1
[dotnetfx.exe]
CertKey=DotNet.isc
Type=2
Location=http://autoupdate.kareo.com/Redistribution/dotnet2/installshield/dotnetfx.exe
[WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86.exe]
Type=1
Location=WindowsInstaller-KB893803-x86.exe
On 5/8/11 2:03 PM, rgor wrote:> Hi, > I am a new Ubuntu user and I am trying to get rid of Windows from all my computers forever! The only hurdle is my medical billing software Kareo. When I tried to run the exe file it states that it is extracting an MSI file and then shut out. > I tried extracting the msi files running w/ the wine msi switch but it states that the msi file cannot run w/o the setup file. The program can be freely downloaded from the kareo website. > I tried to get support to help me but they are not interested and asked me to use Windows instead. They don't support Linux and show no interest in doing so. > I am open to any ideas except for keeping windows on all my pcs. I love Ubuntu and I have not desire to go back to the other bug ridden and virus infested software. > Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated, >I have requested a demo version of Kareo. Stated that I am a Mac user. Windows is not an option... James McKenzie