How do I install in .wine/drive_c/program files?

Theo Tulley · Post by **Theo Tulley** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:51 am

I'm still a Newbie to Linux but have been climbing the learning curve for a year - now running LinuxMint 5 (Elyssa) and have installed Wine 1.0.0 which is in /usr/bin with about 20 associated files.

Now I am trying to install a database configured for Windows - a CD of Sussex Marriages. This is displayed under LinuxMint as a list of files, libraries and an executable - which doesn't run - I thought it would be the installer. But this CD is itself used to run under Windows. Should I simply copy the executable file to .wine/drive_c/Program Files? Or the whole CD? The executable will need access to the other files - or do I leave the CD in and work from it via the executable installed in wine? I see there is advice about paths in $ man wine.

Next I want to run the program Family Tree Maker 2006 which is listed in AppDB as available. This contains many executables - do I copy the whole CD to Program Files? The whole CD is just over 100 MB; the installation in Windows Program Files is about 60 MB.
The Installation file is ftm.exe and this runs under Linux and offers to install by default at C:/Program Files - I try to browse but cannot locate .Wine in /usr/bin from that path. Apparently it's a hidden file so doesn't show.

I can open .wine -> browse drive_c from the Linux Menu and it appears to be located in my home directory. It contains folders Program Files and Windows, which contain several apps by default. How do I install new ones? I gather that it is not wise to copy them from my original Windows Program Files! My Windows installation will not boot, but all its files are accessible.

Apologies for a long mail - I shall be most grateful for help & advice.

Post by **dimesio** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:57 am

The FAQ has lots of helpful information.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-8ca0ddc ... a5eba7dab2

Theo Tulley · Post by **Theo Tulley** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:37 am

Thanks for a quick reply, dimesio.
I had already cd'd to the /drive_c/Program Files directory so I just entered
wine SussMarr.exe - here's the response!

theo@TJT4Elyssa ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files $ wine SussMarr.exe
err:aspi:SCSI_OpenDevice Failed to open device /dev/sg0: Permission denied
err:aspi:SCSI_OpenDevice Failed to open device /dev/sg1: Permission denied
err:aspi:SCSI_OpenDevice Failed to open device /dev/sg2: Permission denied
err:aspi:SCSI_OpenDevice Failed to open device /dev/sg5: Permission denied
fixme:mixer:ALSA_MixerInit No master control found on USB20 Camera , disabling mixer
fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 2d1400 (device=2d access=0 func=500 method=0)

I had already set SussMarr.exe to rwxrwx and it belongs to me and my group.

If I look at its properties, it says Open with Wine Windows Program Loader. What's that?

I'd love to get my webcam going, but wine doesn't do drivers - I've been looking at sane.

Theo Tulley · Post by **Theo Tulley** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:59 am

I thought that response was due to the executable file trying to access the other files on the cd so I copied the rest of them to Program Files - I skipped SussMarr.exe because I had changed its permissions.

I still get the same response from the terminal.

Note that this is not a program which installs in Windows - the cd just runs under Windows but not under Linux. Originally I simply copied SussMarr.exe from the cd to Program Files in Wine. Now it should be able to find all it requires.

Theo Tulley · Post by **Theo Tulley** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:13 pm

I have now succeeded in installing Family Tree Maker 2006 - first in Projects, then by cut & paste into the correct location. It has opened (in response to a command) but at first it could not access my own file created by the program. I could browse to it in my old Windows data, but a small box said it couldn't be found

I copied my own FTW file into Documents in my (Linux) home folder and tried to open it - but I got a box reporting "Runtime Error! This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for information".

That happened twice.

I don't think the team at Ancestry are very sympathetic to Open Source software.

Please help! This program is reported to run under wine in the AppDB list.

How do I install in .wine/drive_c/program files?

How do I install in .wine/drive_c/program files?

Installing and running under wine

Further thought -

More progress but still stuck!