Newbie Question

[Jem]

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.

I also (through mucking about and not asking first) totally messed up the Wine application, removed it 'completely' via the Package Manager, but when I re-install it's remembered all my erroneous settings. How can I get back to 'Square 1'?

Thanks.

[Dan Kegel]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Jem <[email protected]> wrote:

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.

You may be in luck, the appdb says that app works:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=4183

You should be able to run the .exe by double-clicking on it.
See http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

I also (through mucking about and not asking first) totally messed up the Wine application, removed it 'completely' via the Package Manager, but when I re-install it's remembered all my erroneous settings. How can I get back to 'Square 1'?

Delete your .wine directory.
e.g. get a terminal window, then type
rm -rf ~/.wine

[sjc1963]

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.Thanks.

You install them like you would under Windows. Just double click on it.

[Jem]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Jem <[email protected]> wrote:

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.

You may be in luck, the appdb says that app works:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=4183

You should be able to run the .exe by double-clicking on it.
See http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

I also (through mucking about and not asking first) totally messed up the Wine application, removed it 'completely' via the Package Manager, but when I re-install it's remembered all my erroneous settings. How can I get back to 'Square 1'?

Delete your .wine directory.
e.g. get a terminal window, then type
rm -rf ~/.wine

Deleting the wine directory didn't solve it. It still remembers the settings it last had, including a broken Sound Test (which worked when I first installed it). Where in Ubuntu is it holding onto these settings?

Something is very broken - it takes over a minute for the Wine config window to appear. Think I'll have to rebuild Ubuntu.

[Jem]

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.Thanks.

You install them like you would under Windows. Just double click on it.

Ummm...no...if I do that Ubuntu reports that it doesn't know how to run the file, i.e. an .exe file...

[Dan Kegel]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Jem <[email protected]> wrote:

Deleting the wine directory didn't solve it. It still remembers the settings it last had, including a broken Sound Test (which worked when I first installed it). Where in Ubuntu is it holding onto these settings?

Try
$ ls -l $HOME/wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/$LOGNAME
That has symlinks into $HOME, and is probably how
the settings are escaping $HOME/.wine.
(iTunes certainly does this.)

If you can't figure out where the file is in $HOME, you
can try running the windows app with
WINEDEBUG=+file wine foo.exe > log.txt 2>&1
and then doing
grep profiles log.txt

Good luck!
- Dan

[Jem]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Jem <[email protected]> wrote:

Deleting the wine directory didn't solve it. It still remembers the settings it last had, including a broken Sound Test (which worked when I first installed it). Where in Ubuntu is it holding onto these settings?

Try
$ ls -l $HOME/wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/$LOGNAME
That has symlinks into $HOME, and is probably how
the settings are escaping $HOME/.wine.
(iTunes certainly does this.)

If you can't figure out where the file is in $HOME, you
can try running the windows app with
WINEDEBUG=+file wine foo.exe > log.txt 2>&1
and then doing
grep profiles log.txt

Good luck!
- Dan

Too late - I rebuilt! (Easy with Ubuntu)

OK, need to get it right this time! Would you mind holding my hand through the steps?

1) I need XP compatibility
2) I need to actually install ConvertXtoDVD from scratch (I don't have a Windows partition with installed apps on it) I'm not sure of the 'correct' way of doing this as it seems you'll get ten different answers from 10 different people!
3) I want to have ConvertX available where it should be on the Wine | Applications menu if at all possible.

Thanks for helping me out!
Jeremy

[Paul Johnson]

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On Thursday 17 April 2008 01:02:21 am Jem wrote:

sjc1963 wrote:

Jem wrote:

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot
see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I
just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation
file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.Thanks.

You install them like you would under Windows. Just double click on it.

Ummm...no...if I do that Ubuntu reports that it doesn't know how to run the
file, i.e. an .exe file...

Time to file a bug report with Ubuntu on that one. If you have wine
installed, that's the way it should work.

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Paul Johnson
[email protected]
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[Dan Kegel]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Jem <[email protected]> wrote:

Too late - I rebuilt! (Easy with Ubuntu)

Rebuilt what? You reinstalled your entire system?

OK, need to get it right this time! Would you mind holding my hand through the steps?

1) I need XP compatibility
2) I need to actually install ConvertXtoDVD from scratch (I don't have a Windows partition with installed apps on it) I'm not sure of the 'correct' way of doing this as it seems you'll get ten different answers from 10 different people!

Just run the installer. See the FAQ.

3) I want to have ConvertX available where it should be on the Wine | Applications menu if at all possible.

[charles]

Le Jeudi 17 Avril 2008 10:02, Jem a écrit :

sjc1963 wrote:

Jem wrote:

Installed the current Wine release under Ubuntu 7.10 32 Bit. I cannot
see how to actually install a Windows application correctly. Sorry, I
just can't find out how to do it - I want to run the .exe installation
file for a program called ConvertXtoDVD.Thanks.

You install them like you would under Windows. Just double click on it.

Ummm...no...if I do that Ubuntu reports that it doesn't know how to run the
file, i.e. an .exe file...

same for me with Ubuntu, also with Mandriva - and also with Xandros on the
Eeepc ( I installed wine on my Eeepc and it works fine)
just right click and select "open with"'
then in the dialog box that appears, just write /usr/bin/wine
and select the option "memorize the association between this kind of file and
this application" - so next time you will just have to double click on it to
launch the program
charles

[sjc1963]

Ummm...no...if I do that Ubuntu reports that it doesn't know how to run the file, i.e. an .exe file...

Right-click on the file and then permissions and check execute.