Lubuntu 14.04.4, up to date. Dell B130 laptop 2gb ram.
Followed winehq.org install instructions as follows:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
wine --version
wine-1.8
Can someone step me through or point me in the right direction
on how to install and run a Windows program.
tia
oldcity
Newbie Help installing and running wine 1.8
Re: Installing and running wine 1.8
Using Lubuntu 14.04.4 up to date. On Dell B130 laptop 2 GB Ram.
I installed Wine 1.8 using the below instructions. I do not guarantee it will work for you.
Information gathered from multiple sources.
Used command line install from latest winehq.org
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
$ wine --version
wine-1.8
From ubuntu forum thread 2307099 indicated that the new
install goes in "/opt/wine-devel/bin".
To configure:
$ cd /opt/wine-devel/bin
$ ls
look for "winecfg"
$ winecfg.
I followed suggestions from some videos on other sites
which suggested leaving setting as is.
$ ls -a # look for ".wine"
$ cd .wine
$ls # look for "drive_c"
cd drive_c
$ ls # look for "Program Files"
$ cd Program\ Files
$ ls # look for a program (Internet Explorer)
$ cd Internet\ Explorer
$ ls # shows "iexplore.exe"
$ wine iexplore.exe # to run program # to exit click "X" at top of page
To install program to Wine.
Download and save to Downloads.
Open a terminal.
$ cd Downloads # locate your ".exe" program
$ wine "program name" # without the quotes
Verify the language if necessary and make a shortcut if desired.
hth
oldcity
I installed Wine 1.8 using the below instructions. I do not guarantee it will work for you.
Information gathered from multiple sources.
Used command line install from latest winehq.org
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel
$ wine --version
wine-1.8
From ubuntu forum thread 2307099 indicated that the new
install goes in "/opt/wine-devel/bin".
To configure:
$ cd /opt/wine-devel/bin
$ ls
look for "winecfg"
$ winecfg.
I followed suggestions from some videos on other sites
which suggested leaving setting as is.
$ ls -a # look for ".wine"
$ cd .wine
$ls # look for "drive_c"
cd drive_c
$ ls # look for "Program Files"
$ cd Program\ Files
$ ls # look for a program (Internet Explorer)
$ cd Internet\ Explorer
$ ls # shows "iexplore.exe"
$ wine iexplore.exe # to run program # to exit click "X" at top of page
To install program to Wine.
Download and save to Downloads.
Open a terminal.
$ cd Downloads # locate your ".exe" program
$ wine "program name" # without the quotes
Verify the language if necessary and make a shortcut if desired.
hth
oldcity
Re: Installing and running wine 1.8
There's no need to cd to /opt/wine-devel/bin to run winecfg or any other builtin Wine program if you installed the winehq-devel package. That package symlinks all files to their usual locations in /usr/{bin, share} etc., so you should be able to simply run those commands as usual.oldcity15 wrote: From ubuntu forum thread 2307099 indicated that the new
install goes in "/opt/wine-devel/bin".
To configure:
$ cd /opt/wine-devel/bin
Re: Installing and running wine 1.8
Except.oldcity15 wrote: $ winecfg.
I followed suggestions from some videos on other sites
which suggested leaving setting as is.
oldcity
The most suggested setting is to use Windows 7.
