Strange problem trying to install in Win app under Wine

Jeffrey Needle · Post by **Jeffrey Needle** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:14 am

Hello, all. I'm using Linux Mint, and the latest install of Wine.

I have a multi-CD set I'm trying to install called GospeLink. I've
copied all the files from the first CD, the installation CD, to my hard
disk, changed the permissions for the install program, and it runs just
fine under Wine. But when it prompts me to install the next CD, I have
a problem. I eject the CD (using the eject command under Linux, not
just pressing the eject button on the drive), I insert the proper CD,
wait for the contents to display on the screen (they display just fine),
I click to continue, and I'm told this isn't the correct CD. Nothing I
do seems to help in getting the install to see that there is the correct
CD in the drive.

The set installs just fine on a pure Windows box. And I haven't had any
problems installing any other app under Wine on my Linux box.

Has anyone else encountered this kind of problem? Any ideas of what I
might do to fix this? I'm sorry if I haven't described the problem very
well. I'll be glad to supply any clarification needed.

Thanks.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:30 am

Jeffrey Needle wrote:I have a multi-CD set I'm trying to install

Make sure your cdrom is mapped to a drive in winecfg.

Post by **DanKegel** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:30 am

If you're going to copy the files from the first cd to
your hard drive, you probably need to copy them all
to your hard drive.

But why did you copy them at all? What happens when you
run the installer straight off the cd?

I just now installed some software from cd-rom on ubuntu 11.04.
I saw that Ubuntu had mounted the cdrom under the name CDROM
(the disc was imaginatively mastered

, and
I'm used to using the commandline, so I did
cd /media/CDROM
wine setup.exe

For a multidisc app, you may need to instead do
cd /media
wine CDROM/setup.exe (substitute the right disc name for CDROM)
otherwise the disc might have trouble ejecting because the mount
directory is in use.

Also, what's that app's home page?
What does 'wine --version' say?

Jeffrey Needle · Post by **Jeffrey Needle** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:11 pm

On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 08:30 -0500, vitamin wrote:

Jeffrey Needle wrote:
I have a multi-CD set I'm trying to install
Make sure your cdrom is mapped to a drive in winecfg.

Yes, I have the drive mapped. It still won't read the cd in the drive.
Perhaps because I'm installing from the hard disk, and asking it to
continue in the cdrom drive? I just don't know.

Jeffrey Needle · Post by **Jeffrey Needle** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:30 pm

On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 10:30 -0500, DanKegel wrote:

If you're going to copy the files from the first cd to
your hard drive, you probably need to copy them all
to your hard drive.

But why did you copy them at all? What happens when you
run the installer straight off the cd?

I assumed I had to change the permissions to allow the file to execute.
I could only do this by copying the files to the hard disk.

I just now installed some software from cd-rom on ubuntu 11.04.
I saw that Ubuntu had mounted the cdrom under the name CDROM
(the disc was imaginatively mastered , and
I'm used to using the commandline, so I did
cd /media/CDROM
wine setup.exe

For a multidisc app, you may need to instead do
cd /media
wine CDROM/setup.exe (substitute the right disc name for CDROM)
otherwise the disc might have trouble ejecting because the mount
directory is in use.

Tried it, but no luck. Still not reading the CD in the drive.

Also, what's that app's home page?

http://gospelink.com/

But the app itself is quite old.

What does 'wine --version' say?

1.2.2

Thanks for the help. I do wish I could get this resolved. Maybe it
won't happen.

Post by **DanKegel** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:58 pm

Do the files on the cd-rom show up correctly when you view them yourself?

Which version do you have, is it GospeLink 2001?

Looks like that app is no longer offered at http://gospelink.com,
they offer a service instead.
(A 2006 version may be available at http://www.ldslibrary.com/LDSLibrary2006/ )

Jeffrey Needle · Post by **Jeffrey Needle** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:52 pm

On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 14:58 -0500, DanKegel wrote:

Do the files on the cd-rom show up correctly when you view them yourself?

Yes, they do.

Which version do you have, is it GospeLink 2001?

Yup, the very one.

Looks like that app is no longer offered at http://gospelink.com,
they offer a service instead.
(A 2006 version may be available at http://www.ldslibrary.com/LDSLibrary2006/ )

Indeed. I'm trying to avoid having to commit to a monthly charge for
the service. Owning the product, even in a previous version, seems to
be sufficient for me.

Thanks.