Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 "Etch" AMD64 Wine version: 0.9.57 AMD64 I got the complete Call of Duty serie. So I want to install them... But on an easy to find place! Like /usr/local/games/. Is it possible to install it there? If not it would be a very nice feature for 1.0!
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:42 PM, banaantje12 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 "Etch" AMD64 > Wine version: 0.9.57 AMD64 > > I got the complete Call of Duty serie. So I want to install them... But on an easy to find place! Like /usr/local/games/. > Is it possible to install it there? If not it would be a very nice feature for 1.0!I'm not sure if that is a good idea but either way all you need is for wine to be able to 'see' the location the application is installed to run it. To do this run winecfg and go to drives, then create a new hdd that looks at the parent directory to where you want to install all the games. So for example make a z: drive that looks at /usr/local/games. You can now install your games to your Z: drive and play them from there. Edward
You can install a windows program anywhere you want as long as you have the right permissions to do so (write access). /usr/local/games/ is normally owned by root, so you would have to do it as root (sudo). Why you would want to do this is another thing. You will still get the messy windows structure in this directory: Code: /usr/local/games/The\ Game\ I\ Installed/drive_c/Program\ Files/... You could also just install it the ususal way (into .wine) and just symlink the directory, but there really isn't anything to gain. Windows apps are meant to be installed in a windows way. You can't separate them from the registry, like you can with unix apps.
No I want to keep the C:\Program Files\ etc in /home/[user]/ directory. And the game files in my second harddrive (/usr/local/games/ i created a symlink...)
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:55 AM, banaantje12 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> No I want to keep the C:\Program Files\ etc in /home/[user]/ directory. > And the game files in my second harddrive (/usr/local/games/ i created a symlink...) >A symlink will work if you have the correct permissions. You might want to create the symlink inside C:\program files. I would however create a new drive letter d: and then symlink d:Program Files to your /usr/local/games John
On Tuesday 18 March 2008 05:42:26 am banaantje12 wrote:> Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 "Etch" AMD64 > Wine version: 0.9.57 AMD64 > > I got the complete Call of Duty serie. So I want to install them... But on > an easy to find place! Like /usr/local/games/. Is it possible to install it > there? If not it would be a very nice feature for 1.0!Wine programs install in your ~/.wine directory. Windows, by and large, assumes a single user environment, so Windows programs need not-- and don't-- really belong anywhere other users can get to them. This is a feature, not a bug. -- Paul Johnson baloo at ursine.ca -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/attachments/20080318/aefc11e5/attachment.pgp
banaantje12 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> I got the complete Call of Duty serie. So I want to install them... > But on an easy to find place! Like /usr/local/games/. > Is it possible to install it there?If the Windows installer lets you pick a destination, sure. First, in Linux, as root, create a directory /opt/winegames and chown it to yourself. Then when running the game's installer, navigate to z:\opt\winegames and tell it to put the game there. - Dan