Asus eee and wine.

[therock003]

Hello guys i'm a new asus eee user,you know the small umpc running the Xadnros OS,and since its not alla that bad i'm thinking of sticking to it instead of installing windwos XP.I do need though to run some windows apps,so i heard that wine should be my weapon of choice for this purpose!

So anyway i'm not familiar with linux-like setup procedures so i followed a guide on the net for installing wine via repositories.

I added the repositories informations and chose to install wine,and after completion i cant get wine to run.

I call from the console sudo winecfg and i get a segmentation error.I then tried executing an .exe file,but i get the which app to use dialog,and wine was nowhere to be found.

What now guys.Can i plz get some help,to resolve this matter?

Thanx in advance,looking forward to a solution.

[Chad]

Hello guys i'm a new asus eee user,you know the small umpc running the Xadnros OS,and since its not alla that bad i'm thinking of sticking to it instead of installing windwos XP.I do need though to run some windows apps,so i heard that wine should be my weapon of choice for this purpose!

So anyway i'm not familiar with linux-like setup procedures so i followed a guide on the net for installing wine via repositories.

I added the repositories informations and chose to install wine,and after completion i cant get wine to run.

I call from the console sudo winecfg and i get a segmentation error.I then tried executing an .exe file,but i get the which app to use dialog,and wine was nowhere to be found.

What now guys.Can i plz get some help,to resolve this matter?

Thanx in advance,looking forward to a solution.

Did you use the following guide?

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:wine

[Vincent Povirk]

The parts of that guide on configuration and use are out of date.

Running winecfg should no longer be necessary to begin using Wine
(unless there's some bug affecting wine on the eee). It's an advanced
tool and should not be mentioned on any guide for new users.

For running .exe installers, see
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-f351523 ... 8da63be66f
(I guess you'll need to use the terminal instructions since
double-clicking doesn't work).

Double-clicking really should work. If it doesn't, it's a bug in
either Xandros, Wine, or the package you're using.

[therock003]

Double clicking on an .exe doesnt work for me.I hav even opened with and selected the wine as the default app but every time i have to execute the exes i select open with and then type wine.

Anyway other than that i managed to install a freeware cad app,but i could get vlc running and a couple of portable applications.BTW is there a way to configure portable apps in a way that allows them to run as well?

[Bamm]

Double clicking on an .exe doesnt work for me.I hav even opened with and selected the wine as the default app but every time i have to execute the exes i select open with and then type wine.

I think you can associate the exe extension to Wine from your file manager. See if there is something like Tools > Options and look around for a way to set file associations.

Additionally I have found that if the binfmt package (support for extra binary formats) is installed, then exes automatically open in Wine even without associating them. You can even run them from the command line like as "./filename.exe" instead of "wine filename.exe".

Anyway other than that i managed to install a freeware cad app,but i could get vlc running and a couple of portable applications.BTW is there a way to configure portable apps in a way that allows them to run as well?

VLC has a linux version; I don't see why you would need Wine to run it. So do many portable apps.

[therock003]

I tried the file manager options as well,and when i add wine as procedure of choice,it supposedly updates sytem values but wine is not displayed on the preffered apps to handle extension.Itslike it doesnt want to be added.

Anyway as for portables there are user made portables as well that linux version doesnt exist,and even if they do i have the repository installation method.I have to find each time repositories and then install them and such,and it's no good.

Any other suggestions?Thanx for your help so far guys i really appreciate it.

[Bamm]

I tried the file manager options as well,and when i add wine as procedure of choice, it supposedly updates sytem values but wine is not displayed on the preffered apps to handle extension. Its like it doesnt want to be added.

I don't have an EEE PC so I can't tell, but in my laptop I can use the file manager to change KDE file associations. Are any folders in ~/.kde read-only?

[Jim]

I call from the console sudo winecfg

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-96bebfa ... 78b0d41014
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-f60a1ae ... 2b1608f358

In almost all cases, sudo is not something you want to do with Wine.