Re: WINE - Does it actually work?

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Scarletdown wrote:

> Okay, how do I get Win-9x and DOS programs to run using WINE?  When I 
> installed Linux, WINE was allegedly set up; and from what I could 
> determine, all I would have to do to run a program under it is click 
> on its executable file.
>
> However, I have not been able to get anything to work with WINE this 
> way.  Every time I click on an .EXE file, WINE tries to run (there's a 
> spinning hourglass icon in a minimized window for about 20 seconds), 
> and then it quits with no warnings or other messages.
>
> The man pages are pretty useless, and I also had a look at the 
> installation guide here:
>
> http://library.n0i.net/linux-unix/applications/system/wine/wine-user/installing.html 
>
>
> and found it to be no help either.


Getting Windows-based apps to run via WINE is still more in the realm of 
Art rather than Science.

apt-get install wine winesetup
run "winesetup"; take all the defaults
open a terminal window; run the Windows executable thusly:
 wine /home/scarletdown/Win98_mnt/Program\ Files/GeeWhizApp/geewhiz.exe &
Maybe it'll work; maybe it won't. If not, further tweaking _might_ get 
it working.

--
Kent