wine wont run some .exe files

h2sammo · Post by **h2sammo** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:39 am

i have recently tried to run the installer or the "run game" exe for perfect world international and caesar3, respectively with no success. wine wont open them nor will it display any errors.

nothing happens instead.

this is an example of code i have typed in:

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bobby@localhost ~ $ wine "/home/bobby/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International/install.exe"

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:45 am

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:39 AM, h2sammo<[email protected]> wrote:

i have recently tried to run the installer or the "run game" exe for perfect world international and caesar3, respectively with no success. Â wine wont open them nor will it display any errors.

nothing happens instead.

this is an example of code i have typed in:
[codebobby@localhost ~ $ wine "/home/bobby/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International/install.exe"[/code]

cd to the directory first.

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-Austin

h2sammo · Post by **h2sammo** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:18 pm

i am in the proper directory when i run that.

wine version 1.2.2

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:24 pm

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:18 PM, h2sammo<[email protected]> wrote:

i am in the proper directory when i run that.

Terminal output?

wine version 1.2.2

That version doesn't exist.

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-Austin

h2sammo · Post by **h2sammo** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:34 pm

there is no terminal output.
nothing happens, after i hit enter, the command goes through, it takes a few seconds, then the terminal goes back to

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 bobby@localhost ~ $

version is 1.1.22

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:39 pm

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:34 PM, h2sammo<[email protected]> wrote:

there is no terminal output.
nothing happens, after i hit enter, the command goes through, it takes a few seconds, then the terminal goes back to
Code:
Â bobby@localhost ~ $

What is the exact command used to run it? Do you have wine installed? Try:
$ ls -a *.exe
$ which -a wine
$ wine --version
$ wine notepad

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-Austin

h2sammo · Post by **h2sammo** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:03 pm

austin,
i have pasted the exact command a few posts ago.
i have also given the wine version i am using.

the same wine application allows me to open other window native programs (ventrilo and world of warcraft come to mind) on the same machine.

i do not understand why it wont give any sign of life on the 2 applications i mentioned in my original post.

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:06 pm

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM, h2sammo<[email protected]> wrote:

austin,
i have pasted the exact command a few posts ago.
i have also given the wine version i am using.

the same wine application allows me to open other window native programs (ventrilo and world of warcraft come to mind) on the same machine.

i do not understand why it wont give any sign of life on the 2 applications i mentioned in my original post.

I asked you to cd to the directory and run it there. If you did, the
terminal output of the ls commands should give a clue.

You've either got your terminal syntax wrong, or the file doesn't exist.

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-Austin

h2sammo · Post by **h2sammo** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:34 pm

thank you,

this worked:

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 bobby@localhost ~ $ cd "/home/bobby/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International"
bobby@localhost ~/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International $ wine "/home/bobby/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International/install.exe"

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:45 pm

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:34 PM, h2sammo<[email protected]> wrote:

thank you,

this worked:

Code:
Â bobby@localhost ~ $ cd "/home/bobby/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International"
bobby@localhost ~/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International $ wine "/home/bobby/Desktop/Downloads/Perfect World International/install.exe"

Don't use the full unix path. Just use 'wine install.exe'.

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-Austin