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REIGN · Post by **REIGN** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:55 pm

sorry, but im new to linux and wine, but i was reading the tutorial on how to install steam and the third step said:
Install Gecko Engine by running -wine iexplore http://winehq.org-

what dose it mean to "run" something?
thanks for any replys

-REIGN

Dan Kegel · Post by **Dan Kegel** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:05 pm

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:55 PM, REIGN <[email protected]> wrote:

sorry, but im new to linux and wine, but i was reading the tutorial on how to install steam and the third step said:
Install Gecko Engine by running -wine iexplore http://winehq.org-

what dose it mean to "run" something?

When you choose "Applications / Internet / Firefox" from
the Gnome menu to start Firefox, you're running firefox.
Another way to run firefox is to type
firefox
in a terminal window.

So the tutorial meant "open a terminal window and type
wine iexplore http://winehq.org"

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:08 pm

REIGN wrote:sorry, but im new to linux and wine, but i was reading the tutorial on how to install steam and the third step said:
Install Gecko Engine by running -wine iexplore http://winehq.org-

what dose it mean to "run" something?
thanks for any replys

-REIGN

Open terminal, copy and paste that command and hit enter.

REIGN · Post by **REIGN** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:10 pm

thanks a lot guys

edit: also to run a file, dose it have to be in a certain location? because when i type "wine start steaminstall.msi" it says file not found, and the file is on my desktop. cause thats the default place for them to dl.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:34 am

REIGN wrote:thanks a lot guys

edit: also to run a file, dose it have to be in a certain location? because when i type "wine start steaminstall.msi" it says file not found, and the file is on my desktop. cause thats the default place for them to dl.

Yes. How do you expect Wine to find that file?

Dan Kegel · Post by **Dan Kegel** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:16 am

reign <[email protected]> wrote:

to run a file, dose it have to be in a certain location? because when i type "wine start steaminstall.msi" it says file not found, and the file is on my desktop. cause thats the default place for them to dl.

yes. cd to Desktop first, say.

REIGN · Post by **REIGN** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:47 pm

vitamin wrote: Yes. How do you expect Wine to find that file?

well... where might i put it then?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:40 pm

REIGN wrote:
vitamin wrote: Yes. How do you expect Wine to find that file?
well... where might i put it then?

Where you can find it after wards.

REIGN · Post by **REIGN** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:00 pm

what the hell dose that mean?

austin987 · Post by **austin987** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:08 pm

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:00 PM, REIGN <[email protected]> wrote:

what the hell dose that mean?

You should place the executable in the current directory you are in,
OR change to that directory and run wine from there.

I.e., if it's on your desktop:
$ cd ~/Desktop
$ wine your_program.exe

REIGN · Post by **REIGN** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:14 am

thx for trying to help guys, but this is just to much of a hassle, im reinstalling vista.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:53 am

REIGN wrote:thx for trying to help guys, but this is just to much of a hassle, im reinstalling vista.

If you think you can "learn" OS without doing anything - good luck.

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