A couple years ago I found Ubuntu Linux. Fell in love it. But always had to keep uninstalling it. Right now I have a copy of Kbuntu and I absolutely love it. However, all my work in on Microsoft Windows and it programs.
So I need some help, to understand the advantages of wine and how do I go about installing some of my very important Microsoft programs. Do I just run the C.d in the drive and allow it to load up from their or do I put in codes or something.
I would also like to know - if all programs that can run on windows will it be able to run on Kbuntu wine or will there be some limitations.
So I need some help, to understand the advantages of wine and how do I go about installing some of my very important Microsoft programs. Do I just run the C.d in the drive and allow it to load up from their or do I put in codes or something.
Not exactly sure what you are asking but I will take a stab at it. No.
You do not make use of installed windows applications from your
windows hard drive in wine. You have to install every application
directly in wine.
I woul also like to know - if all programs which can run on windows will it be able to run on Kbuntu wine or will their be some limitations.
There will be limitations. See appdb.winehq.org and enter the
application you want to run under wine in the search box..
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:24 PM, trinigirl <[email protected]> wrote:
A couple years ago I found Ubuntu Linux. Fell in love it. But always had
to keep uninstalling it. Right now I have a copy of Kbuntu and I absolutely
love it. However, all my work in on Microsoft Windows and it programs.
So I need some help, to understand the advantages of wine and how do I go
about installing some of my very important Microsoft programs. Do I just run
the C.d in the drive and allow it to load up from their or do I put in codes
or something.
I would also like to know - if all programs that can run on windows will
it be able to run on Kbuntu wine or will there be some limitations.
Thank You [Exclamation]
Why did you keep uninstalling Ubuntu? You should be able to install it
in a partition right alongside windows, and then just boot to the one you
need. (It will set up the partition during setup if you ask it to.)
To install wine you do not need a CD. You can just do that from the repositories ("adept_manager" or "sudo apt-get install wine" from the command line).
If you are talking about the CDs containing the Windows software. Yes, you may be able to install some of the programs designed for Windows via wine. To do so, mount the CD and find the directory containing the actual installer. Typically, you would look for "setup.exe" or so. From command line, you could then do wine setup.exe.
