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Hey i tried installing Wine a few times today getting the same result every time -> Nothing!

 

 

I installed the RPM for Mandriva (I'm using the Free, KDE).

 

I cannot find the Wine program activation file anywhere... (Thanks to anyone who can help me out).

 

 

 

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I cannot find the Wine program activation file anywhere

In a terminal do

which wine

is it there?

If so, do

wine /path/to/your-windows.exe

replacing 'your-windows.exe' with the name of the .exe you want to run.

 

I should also add that you should place the windows.exe in the ~/.wine/drive_c/windows directory.

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I should also add that you should place the windows.exe in the ~/.wine/drive_c/windows directory.

 

It will probably make no difference in practice, but I would recommend putting a "setup.exe" type file in ~/.wine/drive_c. (On a Windows system one would not usually place a setup.exe in the \windows folder.) If it's a program executable (although Windows programs rarely come as a single executable), I'd put it in a new folder in ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files. These correspond with normal Windows usage and could be what the program (or the setup program) expects.

 

Jim

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Ignore the setup.exe and windows.exe stuff. Just do the command as mentioned earlier:

 

wine /home/username/setup.exe

 

or whatever the .exe file is you are trying to run/install.

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You may also want to go to:

 

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2169

 

Click on your version number. You may find some useful tips on installation and usage.

 

I find that it's a good idea to check out the appDB at winehq before trying to install an application under wine.

 

 

Jim

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