bonebags Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 im trying to get the sims to run for the kids and all im getting is the following error john@localhost ~]$ wine Sims.exe wine: could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\Sims.exe": Module not found [john@localhost ~]$ ive tried following the wine hq guide but its a little in depth for someone like me [moved from Games by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 Is this the special version of the Simms for linux? If it is then it should work but the Windows version is specifically written not to work with what it thinks is a debugger running ... it thinks your trying to hack cheat codes... I spent a long time trying this about 4 yrs ago....it simply won't run unless you get the specially modded version ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 give the full path to the Sims.exe file....i.e.: wine /home/john/.wine/somethingsomethingsomething/Sims.exe you're basically passing it no way of determining where the program file is, and it's looking in the wrong place. I assume - of course - that you've already installed it from the cd? If not, you'll need to do that, i.e.: wine /mnt/cdrom/setup.exe the above examples may not have the proper path/file names, you'll need to determine that yourself before installing. If you want an easier way to do it and don't mind shelling out $15, you can always try Cedega (please - no one get off topic and start criticizing Cedega, we don't need to go through that :P ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted October 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 just bought sims for linux and trying to install it on 2007 free mandriva according to the sims manual you type rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm in a terminal this is what i get [john@localhost ~]$ su Password: [root@localhost john]# rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm error: File not found by glob: /mnt/cdrom/*.rpm [root@localhost john]# anyone any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 do you get any files listed when you do ls /mnt/cdrom ? if not then your cd is not mounted so execute first the command mount /mnt/cdrom after you have placed the cd in the tray. you might need to change to root though. i am not up to speed with auto mounting since i still do it the old fashioned way/ ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted October 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 get the following [root@localhost john]# ls /mnt/cdrom 00000001.LT1* clcd32.dll* ltdll.dll* simsdata.rpm* sources/ clcd16.dll* f0ad3041.bin* README* sims.rpm* winexsim.rpm* but when i try to install the packages ( i downloaded the new updates via transgaming [root@localhost sims]# rpm -ivh /home/john/sims/The_Sims-3.2-1.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: WineX_Sims >= 3.2 is needed by The_Sims-3.2-1.i386 [root@localhost sims]# [root@localhost sims]# rpm -ivh /home/john/sims/WineX_Sims-3.2-2.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: The_Sims >= 3.2 is needed by WineX_Sims-3.2-2.i386 [root@localhost sims]# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 but when i try to install the packages ( i downloaded the new updates via transgaming [root@localhost sims]# rpm -ivh /home/john/sims/The_Sims-3.2-1.i386.rpm so you are not installing from the CD? [root@localhost sims]# rpm -ivh /home/john/sims/The_Sims-3.2-1.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: WineX_Sims >= 3.2 is needed by The_Sims-3.2-1.i386 [root@localhost sims]# [root@localhost sims]# rpm -ivh /home/john/sims/WineX_Sims-3.2-2.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: The_Sims >= 3.2 is needed by WineX_Sims-3.2-2.i386 [root@localhost sims]# looks like dependency hell (aka circular dependency) to me (rpm a requires rpm b but b requires a). you can fix that with either of the following: [root@localhost sims]# rpm -Uvh The_Sims-3.2-1.i386.rpm WineX_Sims-3.2-2.i386.rpm or (if those two are the only RPM packages on the directory) [root@localhost sims]# rpm -Uvh *Sims*.rpm i recommend using the -U switch since it will either update older versions of the package, or install them if this is the first time the package is being installed. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonebags Posted January 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 hiya just re-installed my machine but been long time since i played it is there a way to put desktop icon for the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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