Problem: Install .msi that requires .NET 3.5

michaywood · Post by **michaywood** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:47 pm

I'm in need of installing an in-house software program at work. Everyone at work has PCs and the developers made the software for PC so I can't run it on my iMac running Lion.

The software requires .NET 3.5. Once you run the .msi file, it installs a folder on the PC that has 9 files in it:

-3 DLL's
-2 XML files
-1 .ico
-1 text config file
-2 .exe files( The actual software, and an updater .exe that runnings that every startup to autoupdate the software)

Does anyone know how I could install this software? I really need to be able to run it on my iMac!

Thanks in advance!

SpawnHappyJake · Post by **SpawnHappyJake** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:29 pm

What issue, exactly, have you run into? Is .Net 3.5 not installing into WINE? Did you even try to install .Net 3.5 into WINE? Do you need to know how to run an msi? Do you need to know how to get WINE in Lion? Do you have WINE in Lion yet?

It probably won't be long before we would like to know the name of this software, so you should probably tell us now.

Help Us Help You,
Jake

michaywood · Post by **michaywood** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:09 pm

I'm currently trying to install .NET 3.5 and it's been about an hour and it isn't but 40% complete. It gave a few errors at the beginning but I just hit continue and it's kept going, just going REALLY slow.

Is this common? Installing .NET 3.5 on a PC takes like 5 minutes. By the looks of this, it might take another 2-3 hours to install.

Since my software requires .NET 3.5, is there a better way to do this? I'm new to Wine and would love to be able to run this software like the rest of my co-workers!

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:34 pm

On 9/25/11 6:09 PM, michaywood wrote:

I'm currently trying to install .NET 3.5 and it's been about an hour and it isn't but 40% complete. It gave a few errors at the beginning but I just hit continue and it's kept going, just going REALLY slow.

Is this common? Installing .NET 3.5 on a PC takes like 5 minutes. By the looks of this, it might take another 2-3 hours to install.

Since my software requires .NET 3.5, is there a better way to do this? I'm new to Wine and would love to be able to run this software like the rest of my co-workers!

How are you installing .NET 3.5? Please use winetricks to first install
.NET 3.0 and then .NET 3.5.

http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks for more information on how to use
this script.

James