Wine ?

Hey all,
I'm a bit new to Linux so I would like to know how & where to get Wine and how to run Windows applications through it.
There is just one game that I would like to play - It would definately work through it because I have played it on Windows 98, 32 MB RAM, Pentium I laptop...
Any help appreciated..

 

Easiest way:

Open a terminal
type in (without quotes): "sudo yum install wine"
hit return
enter your password when asked (and hit return)
wait a minute while wine is downloaded and installed

------------ All this only has to be done once. Wine is now installed and will enable you to run most windows software, if you really need to------------

then simply select the setup.exe (or whatever it's called) file for your game, and choose 'run in wine'.
Follow the instructions as you would in Windows.

 

Thanks a lot! I will try this out..

 

Hi,
The link below how to install wine and how to install windows applications like quicktime ,directx and some games , the tutorial is for Ubuntu, but can be updated to be used for other linux distributions

http://www.unixmen.net/index.php?op...0-using-wine&catid=1:linux-tutotials&Itemid=2



http://www.unixmen.net/

 

How come when I uninstall an application through Wine Software Uninstaller, the shortcuts stay in the advanced menu (right click) ?
How do I remove them ? I tried installing/uninstalling again - wouldn't work

 

Hi GvidoR,

you will need to manually delete the menu shortcuts for any programs you have installed with Wine. They always get left behind after an uninstall

 

The shortcuts are not listed in the *.reg file in the .wine directory that take the place of the Windows registry when the program are installed. Due to this the shortcuts do not get removed when you do the uninstall. So yes you will have to remove them manually.

 

How do I access those shortcuts ?

 

Try the menu editor... that should work

 

I can access only Run program, terminal, etc but all the Other, System, Media are -integrated- and I can't access them ...

 

One of my installed windows programs is PuTTYgen. To find where it is, type "locate PuTTYgen" (without quotes and case sensitive, fill in any of your menu entries for PuTTYgen) into a terminal:

Code:

$ locate PuTTYgen
/home/dikkie/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/WinSCP/Key tools/PuTTYgen Manual.desktop
/home/dikkie/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/WinSCP/Key tools/PuTTYgen.desktop
/home/dikkie/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/All Users/Start Menu/Programs/WinSCP/Key tools/PuTTYgen Manual.lnk
/home/dikkie/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/All Users/Start Menu/Programs/WinSCP/Key tools/PuTTYgen.lnk

As you see, the "windows" links (.lnk) are deep in the local .wine directory, and the menu links (.desktop) are somewhere in ~/.local/
This may be different on your machine, but these .desktop files are the ones you will have to delete (rename them first to be sure you have the right one!). Icons on your desktop are also .destkop files, hence the warning.

 

I still can't get rid of the shortcuts
What I get from terminal is

Code:

bash: locate: command not found

The program is "Ashampoo Burning Studio 2008" if that makes any difference.

EDIT: Never Mind I figured it out :- )

 

I do have to ask why on earth you're using PuTTYgen through wine, when PuTTY is actually nothing but a repackaged ssh for windows? Why not use ssh directly?