running two instances of the same app?
running two instances of the same app?
I want to run two instances of the same app, using wine, one in a seperate wineprefix. will that be possible?
Re: running two instances of the same app?
doroksha yes wine is built todo this. It is covered basically in the faq.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ "How can I run two programs as if they were on different computers?"
Is the basics. Reason why we don't say same program here is when you get to same program it can get many times trickier to pull off. Never impossible. Some case of same application will require wrapping a network cgroup around them so they don't see the other applications network ports and other extra bits of containment outside wine.
Yes it does have to be two full install instances. You can make the second copy by duplicating the wineprefix after install with some applications others require ID differences. Yes you have not told me application.
Basically give it a shot it will either work or fail. We don't put in the FAQ because we would have too many people yell at us if it fails and it in the FAQ. We can assist with different failures that can happen but some failures will require more Linux Skill to work around than others when running the same application in different prefixes not to have them fight.
I will cross my fingers that the application you are attempting is one of the good ones that just multi wineprefix out box.
PS a game requiring CD to play running in wine in two prefixes normally bad idea. Again this is sharing files. Yes this is an area that gets tricky. Its simple when they are completely independent.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ "How can I run two programs as if they were on different computers?"
Is the basics. Reason why we don't say same program here is when you get to same program it can get many times trickier to pull off. Never impossible. Some case of same application will require wrapping a network cgroup around them so they don't see the other applications network ports and other extra bits of containment outside wine.
Yes it does have to be two full install instances. You can make the second copy by duplicating the wineprefix after install with some applications others require ID differences. Yes you have not told me application.
Basically give it a shot it will either work or fail. We don't put in the FAQ because we would have too many people yell at us if it fails and it in the FAQ. We can assist with different failures that can happen but some failures will require more Linux Skill to work around than others when running the same application in different prefixes not to have them fight.
I will cross my fingers that the application you are attempting is one of the good ones that just multi wineprefix out box.
PS a game requiring CD to play running in wine in two prefixes normally bad idea. Again this is sharing files. Yes this is an area that gets tricky. Its simple when they are completely independent.
