Some newbie questions
Melissa Reese
mreese at calarts.edu
Thu Dec 11 02:24:03 CST 2003
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Hi,
I'm new to Linux (Mandrake 9.2, running KDE desktop), and new to Wine.
I have two hard drives in this computer, with WinXP installed in one,
and Mandrake 9.2 installed in the other.
Though I've managed to successfully get one Windows program running
under Wine (MessageCleaner), I'm still a little confused...especially
in trying my hand at getting one more Windows program installed and
working under Wine.
The way I dealt with "MessageCleaner" is as follows:
1) While booted into WindowsXP, I sent myself the installation file
for MessageCleaner. Then, when I booted into Mandrake, I saved the
file to a directory. I then did the following in a console (as
"user", not as SU):
$ wine [path to directory...]/MessageCleanerInstall.exe
2) All went well, and it looked like a regular installation of the
program was taking place, and the new program ran just fine. Not
yet familiar with just where the program was "installed", I went
to "Home" (Konqueror), and performed a file search for
"MessageCleaner". Two results came up. The first result pointed to
the directory where I had saved the MessageCleaner installation
file (as seen in the above mentioned command), and the other
result, interestingly to this newbie, was to:
/mnt/windows/Program Files/MessageCleaner
This last bit got me thinking, because I was a little confused as to
why, when I ran my "new" MessageCleaner, it showed that it was
already "registered", and showed the serial number used in my WinXP
installation of MessageCleaner. So...
3) In trying to figure out how I was to run MessageCleaner, I decided
upon a bit of trial and error, and I did the following: In
Konqueror, I navigated to:
/mnt/windows/Program Files/MessageCleaner/MessageCleaner.exe
I right-clicked on "MessageCleaner.exe", and chose to put the
location in my "Bookmarks". I then went to my Bookmarks, and clicked
on it, telling it to open with /usr/bin/wine (and I checked the
option to have it always open with wine). This works! :-) So then...
4) I got bold, and wanted to see if I could repeat all the above
mentioned steps for one more Windows program, so I went to the web
and downloaded the installation file for another program that I'm
already running in WinXP, and tried to run the same type of
command that I describe in step number 1 above. This time,
however, after hitting <enter>, nothing happened. The cursor in
the console just remained where it was (the line below my
command), and did nothing. So...I continued the experiment, and
did the following:
5) Pondering the fact that my MessageCleaner seems to be running
*from* the /mnt/windows/... directory, I tried to do the same
thing with this other program, which I also already have installed
on my Windows drive. Wine "thinks" for a bit, then disappears, and
no program runs.
I've decided to postpone any more trial and error for the moment, and
ask you good people what I might try to see if this other program can
be "installed" via Wine, and run here. The program in question is a
Windows email client (The Bat!), and I've been told by other's that
they have run The Bat! successfully under Wine. Can anyone give me
some ideas as to how I might get TB! working under Wine?
Thanks!
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Melissa
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