Question on installing a Windows App under WINE

[TexasMike]

Hello all,
I have an Windows App which I would like to install on my Ultimate Edition 1.7 system. I thought this might be a good time to become familiar with WINE. So... After some research, I found some instructions that said I should CD to the directory containing the file I want to install & then issue the command "wine filename.exe". The app is called install.exe. It is a "TestDriver" program used by my Testing Center to access and "take" written exams for various certifications, such as FAA Written Exams for pilots. My attempt was unsuccessful and did not generate any error message.
My actual commands were:

cd /home/mike/Downloads
wine ./install.exe
I then saw the InstallAnywhere "window" which shows the progress (standard Windoze type progress bar) of the current action. However, after the progress bar window closed, the cursor was sitting on a blank line, and did not return to the prompt for several minutes.
It was several minutes before the terminal returned to a prompt. I started checking in WINE, and did not find that the program had been installed (as far as I can tell). Is the installation of a program such as this more complex than the posts I read indicated? I did see some people who got errors using this command structure, but they were for .dll files and there was a solution posted for correcting those errors.
Can someone point me to a solution....??

Regards...

TexasMike

[LeadFingers]

If you ever need to find a installed program,
open Synaptic
navigate to the program
right click on it
select properties
select installed files
This will tell you where Everything for that program is installed

On my system wine is in
/usr/share/wine ... (sounds like a party)
I've had good luck dragging apps to that folder and opening them there.
some times just as simple as...
right click/open with wine
Sometimes updating to the latest Wine helps,
Sometimes only crying helps.
some apps are version specific on which ones work under wine,
So if one version doesn't work, another one might.

Don't expect the app to act the same as in a M$ environment,
They call it Wine for a reason... It often makes your computer act drunk.

ps: because of permissions, you will need to open the dir as root.
synaptic... install nautilus-gksu... right click on directory... select Open as administrator

[pch.shot]

You will have to configure wine first under applications Configure Wine. Make it look like this picture and try again. I don't normally encourage the use of MS applications, if there is a linux alternative.
There is this: http://appdb.winehq.org/
and this: http://frankscorner.org/
which will tell you what applications work, and which ones do not.
I have tried hundreds of MS programs using Wine with very limited success(I got winamp to work with limited funtions)and a few others. You can use MS DLL files as substitutes for the wine ones, however it is a long tedious process. That's it, so don't get your hopes up too high. Good Luck, anyway!! pch

[deate]

You've probably already thought of this, but I just thought I'd throw it out there for your consideration, as I also have many programs I can't part with on WinXp, how about a dual boot? Keep the programs you need to use that work with Windows, and then use the better OS Ultimate Edition for the rest of your stuff...just a thought, as that is what I'm setting up. Heck, if you wanted to really get creative, set up an external drive, save your stuff fromXP to that drive, then make it accessible from Ultimate.(Or cheaper way, thumb drive)

[drama]

i havent used wine in a very long time so this might have changed since then. but one place you look for your program would be:

/home/"yourusername"/.wine

im not sure if when you said you looked in wine if thats where you looked or if you looked in the menu. of course you have to have "show hidden files" checked. otherwise you wont see that folder.

idk if you ever navigated inside that folder b4 but providing it hasnt changed since i last used it its pre easy. the inside of that folder is setup exactly like "mycomputer" is under windows.

hope this helps. cheers

-drama

[TexasMike]

You've probably already thought of this, but I just thought I'd throw it out there for your consideration, as I also have many programs I can't part with on WinXp, how about a dual boot? Keep the programs you need to use that work with Windows, and then use the better OS Ultimate Edition for the rest of your stuff...just a thought, as that is what I'm setting up. Heck, if you wanted to really get creative, set up an external drive, save your stuff fromXP to that drive, then make it accessible from Ultimate.(Or cheaper way, thumb drive)

I am currently set up for triple boot on this PC - Ultimate Edition 1.7, Ultimate Edition Gamers Edition, WIN XP PRO. Just looking to completly "shed" Windoze, if possible. Unfortunately, I run a Certification and Testing business, and everything is based on Windoze in that business. I do have VMWare Server installed and running Win XP, but this is still using "that product" - M$ Windoze. However, at least I do not need to reboot to open or access XP , it's files, and Apps. Actually, XP runs smoother under VMWare (on Ultimate Edition 1.7) than in a "stand alone" environment (at least it seems that way to me).

My Rant:
Personally, I would like to see some competition for the "buying public's" money in the area of PC Operating Systems. I suspect that Ubuntu, and more especially Ultimate Edition, is a very good candidate to finally give the public an honest choice. I has been my pleasure to convert many of my firends and clients to Ultimate Edition over the past few months. If more software companies would write/port their apps for Linux, M$ would begin to feel the heat!

Ohh well... maybe someday.....??

Regards...

TexasMike

[deate]

I agree 100% about dumping Windows, but till open source catches up with the millions put up for Adobe, and Corel, I'm stuck with the same option of hanging on