Installing from a CD

scyntax · Post by **scyntax** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:37 am

Trying to install astronomy software by right-clicking on exe file and selecting "open with wine windows program loader". this causes the following error:

The file '/media/10 09 2008/Windows/setup.exe' is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied form an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run. For more details, read about the executable bit.

I am unable to change the bit because this is a cd file. what do i need to do to install this program?

Thank you.

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:21 am

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 07:37, scyntax <[email protected]> wrote:

Trying to install astronomy software by right-clicking on exe file and selecting "open with wine windows program loader". this causes the following error:

The file '/media/10 09 2008/Windows/setup.exe' is not marked as executable. Â If this was downloaded or copied form an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run. Â For more details, read about the executable bit.

I am unable to change the bit because this is a cd file. what do i need to do to install this program?

1. Open a bug / add yourself as affected with your distribution
2. See here: http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?p=44106#44108

Ebere · Post by **Ebere** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 2:14 am

Try copying the cd to your hard drive, change the bit, and install from there.

scyntax · Post by **scyntax** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:27 am

Thanks for your replies. I have figured it out. This needs to be installed from within terminal. I navigated to the exe and then opened terminal and did a "wine setup.exe". that did the trick. thanks again.

James Mckenzie · Post by **James Mckenzie** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:38 am

scyntax <[email protected]> wrote:

Sent: Jun 27, 2010 10:37 PM
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Subject: [Wine] Installing from a CD

Trying to install astronomy software by right-clicking on exe file and selecting "open
with wine windows program loader". this causes the following error:

The file '/media/10 09 2008/Windows/setup.exe' is not marked as executable. If this
was downloaded or copied form an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run. For
more details, read about the executable bit.

I am unable to change the bit because this is a cd file. what do i need to do to
install this program?

There are three things you can do:

1. Copy the entire contents of the CD to a directory on your hard drive.
2. Set the executiable bit anyway. This can be done by changing the parameters for mounting the CD in the fstab file (make a backup in case you mess up.)
3. Force the installation.

Most UNIXy programs will try to write their temporary files to the same location as the installation. Windows programs use whatever is set as %TMP%. That is set through the Windows Environment. I'm certain this is set from within Wine's registry.

James McKenzie