Win Software on Linux

[Thomas Kaiser]

I use the wine package from universe.

Enable the universe in your sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list)

Use Synaptic or apt-get to get the package wine and winesetuptk.

I did:
apt-get install wine winesetuptk
Run winesetuptk to get the fake_windows envoirement.
Copied cmd.exe from my windows partition into my ubuntu home folder.
typed "wine cmd.exe" in the terminal and I'm in a windows console.

You can run the windows application with "wine windows_application.exe".

Or to install a windows application for wine try this "wine 
setup_of_windows_application.exe"

Regards, Thomas

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>>I have been using Codeweavers' Crossover Office for a while now on three
>>different distros of Linux, and it seems to work pretty well.  I run MS
>>Office 2000, mostly Word because I don't want to reboot into Windows to
>>work on files from the office.  It runs Word quite well, with only the
>>occasional bad behavior of a template, which just means I have to close
>>and restart Word. No real problem as long as I have been saving my work,
>>as I'm supposed to anyway. Crossover sets up a fake Windows environment
>>and when it does the installation of the Windows programs it supports it
>>does fake reboots (without really rebooting) just like you were doing
>>stuff on Windows.  I paid the price last year, and since then, they have
>>allowed me to download upgrades whenever they come along.  I keep the
>>downloaded files in my /home directory so I can reinstall Crossover whenever I
>>do any reinstalling or upgrading of a distro.  I have also backed it up
>>on a CDR. For the programs they support, it's wine that works without
>>much bother on my part. 
>>
>>Don J. 
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> THanks.  I'll find it for future reference.  Pennies required for
> purchased software.
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>>Don W. Jenkins, Registered Linux User 190728/Linux Machine 84430
>>Ubuntu4.10 Warty/Simply-Mepis2004/Ubuntu Hoary/W2000Server
>>Rancho San Diego, An Unincorporation of the Mind
>>"People will let you do whatever you will." Max Farce, 
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