Can someone help me with the command that i would need to run to install windows exes. Once the program is installed do i need to load any wine commands to launch the exe programs installed.

Many thanks

Linux Beginner

Haven't got time to give a more complete answer, but there's lots of stuff on Wine at:

http://www.winehq.com/

(see the menu 'support' and be sure to read the FAQ)

Also, you could check out:

http://www.frankscorner.org/
http://www.codeweavers.com/

and

http://www.transgaming.com/


My advice is to download the Crossover Office DEMO on the Codeweavers website. It's mostly for running productivity apps, but a lot of other applications work as well plus the installer is really easy to use.

search for "crossover flash" by simcon. i think you can even bug him.

ciao!

These guys are probably right about crossover. I use WINE and the conclusion I have come to is that if the program is at all complicated it is likely to fail. Typically I might use something like the following though:

$ wine ~/c/Program\ Files/QuickSFV/QuickSFV.EXE &

This runs the QuickSFV.EXE file using WINE and disconnects the application from the terminal. Of course, the important information about the process will still show in the terminal. Leave off the & if you want to do some basic debugging. For example, when I tried to get a program to work in WINE I figured out which dll's were missing and copied them over as necessary.