Wine Won't load - New to Linux, was initially impressed :-(

benwaltersuk · Post by **benwaltersuk** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:16 pm

I have recently switched to Ubuntu 8.04. And being a user that still needs the functionality of MS Office, I attempted to install Office 2007 by following the instructions @

http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-mi ... buntu-804/

And during the setup I fear that I have misinterpreted something as I now can't even get to the Wine configuration menu.

I Have tried removing it completely, and then reinstalling it only to get the same problem. I'm at a loss, can anyone offer any help??

When I try to run Winecfg from the terminal, I get the following message:

~$ winecfg
err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe" failed, status c0000135
err:wineboot:start_services_process Unexpected termination of services.exe - exit code -1073741515
err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ole32.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library ole32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe" failed, status c0000135

Please help, I don't want to to have to revert to XP, oh I couldn't get Office installed either. But Wine is the priority!

Thanks.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:27 pm

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:16 PM, benwaltersuk <[email protected]> wrote:

I have recently switched to Ubuntu 8.04. And being a user that still needs the functionality of MS Office, I attempted to install Office 2007 by following the instructions @

http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-mi ... buntu-804/

And during the setup I fear that I have misinterpreted something as I now can't even get to the Wine configuration menu.

I Have tried removing it completely, and then reinstalling it only to get the same problem. I'm at a loss, can anyone offer any help??

When I try to run Winecfg from the terminal, I get the following message:

~$ winecfg
err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\services.exe" failed, status c0000135
err:wineboot:start_services_process Unexpected termination of services.exe - exit code -1073741515
err:module:import_dll Library rpcrt4.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\ole32.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library ole32.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winecfg.exe" failed, status c0000135

Please help, I don't want to to have to revert to XP, oh I couldn't get Office installed either. But Wine is the priority!

Thanks.

Ignore those instructions, they are old and outdated. If you haven't
already, upgrade to wine 1.1.5.

Remove ~/.wine so that you can start from scratch.

Run winecfg. Set riched20 to native (don't install a native one, just
set it here, office installs its own).

Install as normal.

benwaltersuk · Post by **benwaltersuk** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:35 pm

Thanks for that, seemed to do the trick for Wine, however, when I try to run the installation file, I get the message that installation could not be completed, I then get the option to inform Microsoft.

The only thing I have done is alter the settings for riched20, is there anything else I need to do?

Perhaps a guide somewhere?

Thanks.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:44 pm

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:35 PM, benwaltersuk <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks for that, seemed to do the trick for Wine, however, when I try to run the installation file, I get the message that installation could not be completed, I then get the option to inform Microsoft.

The only thing I have done is alter the settings for riched20, is there anything else I need to do?

Perhaps a guide somewhere?

Thanks.

What version of Wine?

benwaltersuk · Post by **benwaltersuk** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:14 am

The version of wine is 1.1.5.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:29 am

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:14 AM, benwaltersuk <[email protected]> wrote:

The version of wine is 1.1.5.

Hmm. Works fine here. Make sure you're using a fresh ~/.wine.
Otherwise, attach terminal output.