Can't find installed game. Directory doesn't exist at all.

Petar Stoyanov · Post by **Petar Stoyanov** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:20 pm

So i downloaded Monkey Island 2 - iso file. I mounted it using terminal with the command:
mount -o loop file/directory/filename.iso /mnt/disk
then i used the command: wine setup.exe
Wine showed up, I browse a directory and the game was installed.

However when i try to find where the game is the directory just doesn't exist. I try in .wine/drive_c/Program Files where it should be , but there's nothing there. I installed the game 3 times using different paths and my total disk space was getting smaller every time ... so there's got to be games installed on my computer. None of the directories showed up. The .wine folder is only 87 Mb, while there's got to be 3 exact same games around 2Gb each.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, and wine-1.3.28

How can I find out what happened and where are the games ...
Thanks for the help!

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:24 pm

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Petar Stoyanov
<[email protected]> wrote:

So i downloaded Monkey Island 2 - iso file. I mounted it using terminal with the command:
mount -o loop file/directory/filename.iso /mnt/disk
then i used the command: wine setup.exe
Wine showed up, I browse a directory and the game was installed.

However when i try to find where the game is the directory just doesn't exist. I try in .wine/drive_c/Program Files where it should be , but there's nothing there. I installed the game 3 times using different paths and my total disk space was getting smaller every time ... so there's got to be games installed on my computer. None of the directories showed up. The .wine folder is only 87 Mb, while there's got to be 3 exact same games around 2Gb each.
I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, and wine-1.3.28

How can I find out what happened and where are the games ...
Thanks for the help!

Is there a chance you did that install as root, su or used sudo?

John

Petar Stoyanov · Post by **Petar Stoyanov** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:01 pm

Yes!
First I typed: sudo su - and install it as root .... cuz i had to do it for the mount.

doh123 · Post by **doh123** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:47 pm

you should never run wine as su ... it installed your stuff to roots home instead of oyur home, and Wine never works right if you did it under su. You need to trash the .wine for root and run wine as your normal user.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:02 am

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Petar Stoyanov
<[email protected]> wrote:

Yes!
First I typed: sudo su - and install it as root .... cuz i had to do it for the mount.

If you are mounting media, this should be done in a separate session
and the program installed as a regular user. Wine has problems when
run as root that do not appear when run as a regular user. There is a
FAQ entry that discusses this at length.

James

Bruno Jesus · Post by **Bruno Jesus** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:15 am

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 18:20, Petar Stoyanov <[email protected]> wrote:

So i downloaded Monkey Island 2 - iso file. I mounted it using terminal with the command:
mount -o loop file/directory/filename.iso /mnt/disk

Sorry to bother, just wondering if you bought the game? GOG/Steam or
any other source? I think the board rules do not allow asking support
for illegal/pirated software if that's the case.

Post by **dimesio** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:09 pm

Bruno Jesus wrote:I think the board rules do not allow asking support
for illegal/pirated software

You are right, they don't.

Topic closed.