maybe I am an idiot...

[kyosukedate]

but I can't get Wine to work at all.

I just got a mac and I want to run windows apps on it. I try to download it from this site, some of the options don't even have a download button on them, I downloaded one but I think it's for unix. It was a bunch of folders that my computer didn't know what to do with. Is there a simple layman's handbook to doing this? I tried all the links but I am getting no where.

[DanKegel]

Perhaps the commercial version would be the appropriate choice
for you. You can try it for free at
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/
for 30 days. Try it, you might like it!

[dimesio]

but I can't get Wine to work at all.

I just got a mac and I want to run windows apps on it. I try to download it from this site, some of the options don't even have a download button on them, I downloaded one but I think it's for unix. It was a bunch of folders that my computer didn't know what to do with. Is there a simple layman's handbook to doing this? I tried all the links but I am getting no where.

There are no official Wine binaries for Macs. You have to build Wine yourself, or use a third party app.
http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing

[Gert van den Berg]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 05:58, kyosukedate <[email protected]> wrote:

but I can't get Wine to work at all.

I just got a mac and I want to run windows apps on it. I try to download it from this site, some of the options don't even have a download button on them, I downloaded one but I think it's for unix. It was a bunch of folders that my computer didn't know what to do with. Is there a simple layman's handbook to doing this? I tried all the links but I am getting no where.

Wine is an Unix app and getting ti to work if you are not used to
working in the OS X terminal can be quite hard...

Wine itself only hosts the source code, which you need to compile
yourself. Some other people compile and package it, which might be
easier to install. (The Wine download page is useless to an OS X user
looking for anything other than source code) (If you do this, you need
XCode and several dependancies...)

http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing have some instructions on
installing Wine with MacPorts / Fink and a link to winebottler, ehich
is an unsupported build that seem to be quite well integrated with OS
X (you need to ask elsewhere if you have problems with WineBottler
though...)

Gert

[James McKenzie]

On 9/14/10 8:58 PM, kyosukedate wrote:

but I can't get Wine to work at all.

I just got a mac and I want to run windows apps on it. I try to download it from this site, some of the options don't even have a download button on them, I downloaded one but I think it's for unix. It was a bunch of folders that my computer didn't know what to do with. Is there a simple layman's handbook to doing this? I tried all the links but I am getting no where.

It has been stated that there is no 'official' Wine build for Intel Macs.

However, I've used Fink's Wine and WineBottler. I've also used builds
from other people (Zach Drayer used to make one, but I cannot find a
recent build from him.)

You have three options here:

1. Build it yourself from the instructions on the Wiki.
2. Build it using a packager manager like MacPorts or Fink.
3. Getting someone else's build (CrossOver is made/sold by the
CodeWeavers folks and is a great product and comes with support.)

So, you have to make a decision, where to get Wine from?

After you install/build, advise the folks where you got your build from
of any problems.

James McKenzie