Microsoft.NET framework

[jlapinski4]

I am trying to install Quicken 2013 on Ubuntu 14.10 using Wine. I have wine installed but when I attempt to download and install quicken I get the error message that I need to have Microsoft.NET framework 2.0 or greater installed. When I attempt to download these service packs I cannot get them to run.

I am relatively new to Linux and brand new to using Wine. Any help is appreciated!

[dimesio]

Use winetricks to install .NET. http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

[jlapinski4]

Got it, thank you!

[lrice357]

I am having the same problem. I installed winetricks but I can not see an option to install ,net. What am I missing?

[dimesio]

Look for "dotnet" verbs.

[lrice357]

Moderator - Found it. Thanks. There are several versions there, Quicken asks for 2.0. I tried it and most of the other versions there. They all give me an error saying that they will not work on 64 bit systems, and they quit the install. I have 64 bit Linux Mint 17.3 with Cinnamon Desktop. I have found little bits of information on doing a search of Quicken under Wine. Consensus seems to be that it only works on 32 bit. but neither Quicken installer or Winetricks seem to offer a 32 bit install option. So, guess I am still missing something.

[dimesio]

Create a 32 bit wineprefix and install to that. https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#32_bit_wineprefix

[lrice357]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately that did not go well. I got a bunch of errors as follows:
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/leroy/.wine-new winecfg
p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
fixme:ole:RemUnknown_QueryInterface No interface for iid {00000019-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}

Sorry, I guess I am not enough of a "Linux Guru" to use Wine.

[dimesio]

Those messages are harmless. Was the wineprefix created?

[lrice357]

Yes but I can not use it. I even used Winetricks to delete the .wine wineprefix. But as soon as I open "Configure Wine" or Winetricks it recreates the .wine wineprefix instead of going to the .wine-new wineprefix. Winetricks has a menu to set the default prefix but when I enter that section it only gives me the option to delete the default prefix, not change the default prefix. By the way, I did get rid of one error message by installing "libwine-gecko-2.21". It did place "p11-kit-trust-so" in the /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11 directory. But could not find a package that contained "gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so". Anyway, per your post, I guess that is all irrelevant now.

I really appreciate you sticking with me on this

[dimesio]

Yes but I can not use it. I even used Winetricks to delete the .wine wineprefix. But as soon as I open "Configure Wine" or Winetricks it recreates the .wine wineprefix instead of going to the .wine-new wineprefix.

That's exactly what's supposed to happen. To use any wineprefix other than the default (which is ~/.wine), you need to specify it in the command line, just as you did when creating it.

[lrice357]

Thanks Moderator: Got it. Took a while to get the syntax right (still pretty green on terminal commands) but finally got everything to work now that you explained the subtleties. Thanks a lot!! Finally deleted all the WINEPREFIXs and created a new 32 bit one called .wine (so I can launch winetricks and winecfg in 32 bit mode from icons and not the command line). Everything installed fine; Microsoft.net and Quicken 2013. Now I have Quicken running on my Linux machine and that was the last roadblock to shutting down my Windows machine for good. Thanks again for your patience!

Eventually will transition to a native Linux program like "kmymoney"; but can now continue with Quicken until I chose a native Linux financial program and learn it.