Has anyone had any positive experience in installing the Legacy 6.0 genealogy program? The only instances I have found appear to be quite negative - to which I can attest; however, I would like to run Legacy 6.0 thru Wine in my Ubuntu OS if at all possible as opposed to using GRAMPS (a great program, but uploading a GEDCOM from Legacy 6.0 from Windoze Legacy has not been without major issues). Appreciate any guidance from users of Linux and Legacy. Bob Windows XP dual boot w/Ubuntu 7.10
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 5:39 AM, sgtbob <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Has anyone had any positive experience in installing the Legacy 6.0 genealogy program?http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7969 says legacy *5.0* can be made to work ok. If you really want to try 6, ies4linux might help, but you're on your own there.
Thanks for the reply. I tried to use Legacy 5.0 also, but get the same results on Ubuntu. Another issue I seem to have is how to remove the entire Legacy entries listed under wine? I've tried to remove both Legacy 5.0 and 6.0 but each time I use the 'uninstall Legacy 5.0 (or 6.0)' I get a box that states 'Could not open INSTALL.LOG file' and none of the wine files I have tried to uninstall will go away. I can still see them in the wine application. Any suggestions? Do you suppose if I tried to re-install them I could then uninstall them? All of the text books I've been reading state to use the add/remove feature but none fo the wine packages appear there.... Bob
Dan - I went to http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7969#c4 and I do not understand how to use the information there - it is way beyond my noobie knowledge. I did try the other features (wget http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks, sh winetricks vb6run, sh winetricks dcom98 ) and even after installing this via the terminal feature, neither Legacy 5.0 or 6.0 will run. If I click on the wine then select either version - it appears to start, but then nothing appears. Not sure what I should do at this point. My experience is limited in using these type features - I do understand some basics, but please don't assume I know what I'm doing beyond the basics. :? Bob
James - There is a free downloadable at millenia for a standard version of Legacy 6.0 - the 'deluxe' version costs about $30.00. Not sure about a 'demo' though. Dan - The test notes in the referenced URL that appear to have been tested pretty much sums up my experiences. Their comments are a year or more old, but still viable. Legacy will load and will start up in Wine, but will not run. Starting either version 5.0 or 6.0 and selecting the '.fdb' data file to start Legacy, brings up an error message - 'Run-time Error 445. Object does not support this action' . I'm not smart enough to even venture a guess why it doesn't work, so will have to remain with PAF in my Wine genealogy, or continue with GRAMPS pending future developments. I note that under 'application' [Arrow] 'Wine'[Arrow] 'Programs' [Arrow] 'Legacy 6.0' [Arrow] 'Legacy 6.0' remains and the uninstall features will not remove these items. Perhaps someone can get them rooted out, but I can not. Thanks for the advice and responses. You sure tried to help me out and I appreciate the assistance. Bob