[Wine] Problems installing Watchguard Firebox System software in wine (installshield)

[Kevin Hanser]

Thanx for all the good suggestions!  It turns out that the suggestion of 
updating my wine installation was the one that was needed.  I wiped out 
my .wine dir (this is the first app I've tried to install in wine), and 
emerge'd the 20050930 release.  After that, the installer ran all by 
itself w/no native dll's!  After installation I needed to grab MFC42.dll 
from my windoze box, and now the app seems to be running great! 

Thx!

k

Holly Bostick wrote:

>Several things you could try:
>
>1) cd to the directory containing the installer first, then try running
>it again. InstallShield installers are particularly notorious (in my
>experience) for refusing to run from a 'long path' command rather than
>from the current directory (from which they run successfully).
>
>2) Assuming that your setup is correct (which may not be true, but let's
>start from the easiest steps to the hardest), the problem may be that
>the previous install attempts left 'borked' setup files that are
>continually being read. I've seen this happen a lot. To fix this:
>
>a) make sure all instances of Wine are stopped; in a terminal, run the
>following commands -- in fact, you should do this before performing any
>of the suggested commands:
>
>killall -9 wine
>killall -9 wineserver
>killall -9 wine-preloader
>
>b) go to /tmp/  (which is the default location where Windows will
>extract pre-installation files), and look for a folder name that doesn't
>look like it's from Linux but from Windows, and seems to be dedicatedly
>temporary (sorry that's not more precise, but obviously I can't know
>what the temporary extraction folder is going to be called, and that's
>how I find them when this happens to me), something like this:
>
>ls -UF /tmp
>
>seahorse-QoZJzs/
>~f1d055.tmp
>seahorse-Ro2sfk/
>keyring-JAdx5e/
>xses-motub.1Vkinp
>icon.tmp.0x2800042.png
>seahorse-TcEtFT/
>irsetup.exe*
>keyring-JSPIWV/
>seahorse-VTaKoI/
>keyring-Id6fFb/
>kde-heb/
>OSL_PIPE_1000_SingleOfficeIPC_bf4ea6e4f446e95cd9ca454d4ca85=
>seahorse-XS16k1/
>seahorse-YIN9Az/
>17963/
>xses-motub.7DoSgG
>gtkrc.preview-XXsGOs2M
>xses-motub.8XVEvg
>seahorse-ZhWbU5/
>thunderbird-register.8MrSjV/
>MSI11846.LOG
>compare.dat
>qpkg-23037/
>qpkg-23046/
>kde-motub/
>orbit-motub/
>kuroo/
>xauth.XXXXx4OewV
>keyring-PulbRX/
>GLC59ce.tmp
>libgksu1.2-NoKYRX/
>seahorse-bLZE4i/
>OSL_PIPE_1000_SingleOfficeIPC_f499e76bb3bdd4e6cf95cd595fc6c0=
>libgksu1.2-RUrGo3/
>seahorse-bgwkqH/
>gert0.bat
>mapping-root=
>seahorse-fEtdcU/
>crchkEZ5Tus
>ksocket-motub/
>cgn327nd/
>GnomeBaker/
>mc-root/
>motub-printer-ppd-HP840c-7Bivb7
>gtkrc.preview-XX6QnJKY
>tmpyL1BH6|
>==> Config.Msi/ (pretty obviously a Windows-created dir, but not really
>relevant)
>_isdelet.ini
>Chinacat.ttf
>seahorse-lFD0gp/
>gconfd-heb/
>5195-mozilla-firefox-1.0.6-r7.log.gz
>xses-motub.JBJw6t
>ssh-wcnis13859/
>seahorse-hzy7Em/
>seahorse-ka4gvw/
>hs_err_pid14932.log
>mcop-motub/
>seahorse-mq8zKB/
>native.jpeg
>ksocket-root/
>cgwDpopd/
>a82bX6KIRd
>hurl.exe
>seahorse-t3o3cx/
>hsperfdata_portage/
>==> Ultra$ISO/ (I know this is a program installed under Wine, also not
>relevant)
>alsa-dmix-26195-1125163353-658187=
>gconfd-root/
>xses-motub.R3w9zT
>~e5.0001
>seahorse-tDiSYo/
>perl-cleaner.log.20050612162010.XXXXX2tY4q
>seahorse-sVlhzZ/
>VTmp20327/
>seahorse-rxbT9C/
>keyring-iXeKrY/
>seahorse-vOieaL/
>AZU56305.tmp
>kde-root/
>seahorse-z2Ii1T/
>alsa-dmix-2705-1121611644-380292=
>scrollkeeper-motub/
>seahorse-urJMzC/
>perl-cleaner.log.20050630142401.XXXX9N7jEb
>emwrap/
>seahorse-vhWhAw/
>hs_err_pid525.log
>thunderbird-register.UFz32l/
>seahorse-zCkbqc/
>cvs.jpeg
>sandbox-app-office_-_taskjuggler-2.1-20833.log
>setupdb-bin.Us8fu0
>CmdLineExt03.dll
>mapping-motub=
>xses-motub.VY8rnr
>hsperfdata_root/
>seahorse-0AtAFO/
>seahorse-zVFC5W/
>MSId268.tmp
>gconfd-motub/
>xses-motub.YLVCmx
>AZU18415.tmp
>seahorse-1Pze3h/
>keyring-rBvbaL/
>seahorse-2Ncy46/
>hsperfdata_motub/
>hs_err_pid11934.log
>seahorse-2aVHC2/
>icon.tmp.0x1a001ee.png
>libgksu1.2-oWL45y/
>keyring-uBcEP9/
>seahorse-1xJkVr/
>5195-mozilla-1.7.11-r3.log.gz
>scrollkeeper-root/
>adesklets_uid0_newsfeed.py_0.lock
>selfgz3081/
>selfgz3589/
>selfgz4314/
>selfgz4343/
>seahorse-6SfO8O/
>seahorse-8DM9Kr/
>keyring-vV37Cl/
>seahorse-6Vzzfk/
>keyring-vTu988/
>motub-printer-ppd-HP840c-T2X0yw
>svgdn.tmp/
>1183e.msi
>seahorse-9VT7K0/
>OSL_PIPE_1000_SingleOfficeIPC_3743c3d84a4793dc158ad543e91a7d2f=
>hs_err_pid10727.log
>~DF19ef.tmp
>changed.jpeg
>alsa-dmix-2417-1121567857-355638=
>alsa-dmix-11926-1127778168-390413=
>root-printer-ppd-HP840c-3kURNb
>alsa-dmix-22121-1120351692-492230=
>keyring-41eOeA/
>xses-motub.dgicnK
>GLK59cf.tmp
>mcop-heb/
>ktlfLAYzUW
>sve7d.tmp/
>keyring-4XtFCQ/
>gravemanizJIJZ/
>xses-motub.gvvWwM
>crstkJfa8Jb
>AZU19859.tmp
>OSL_PIPE_1000_SingleOfficeIPC_36ff85f5d74e3a7714dc3cec80b1e1d9=
>gravemanlndK6b/
>keyring-4yfNPO/
>seahorse-DUCjsJ/
>root-printer-ppd-HP840c-A09IY2
>GLM59d0.tmp
>yjlLNw7LlC
>52SLjppsLl
>tmp.XXXXnR1wMr
>seahorse-CmMFe3/
>sandbox-mail-client_-_mozilla-thunderbird-1.0.2-r1-8391.log
>~ef6131/
>seahorse-FY6fZ9/
>keyring-8mQAoC/
>GLF59d2.tmp
>icon.tmp.0x3000088.png
>seahorse-DtxDCh/
>seahorse-J8RcLx/
>mplay1ggIPF
>mc-motub/
>libgksu1.2-6qH3wR/
>seahorse-IUZ2Su/
>seahorse-IVyqrB/
>seahorse-N4Gvte/
>ispbbce.tmp/
>seahorse-Jw10Vn/
>msievent.log
>==> IXP000.TMP/ (this looks a lot like a Windows temporary install
>directory)
>mapping-heb=
>crxmlktxmZU
>Rbt9rNeE7i/
>seahorse-R2BJ7e/
>mcop-root/
>svped.tmp/
>seahorse-S8b80p/
>plugtmp-1/
>plugtmp-2/
>plugtmp-3/
>plugtmp-4/
>plugtmp-5/
>plugtmp-6/
>OSL_PIPE_1000_SingleOfficeIPC_778cf78f6ba9adeadc595198d5c66f5d=
>seahorse-RM7vDD/
>seahorse-RLLE2n/
>OSL_PIPE_0_SingleOfficeIPC_5b4f3373551ce822db41c6658fb53bd=
>keyring-CuNClP/
>
>I hope you see what I mean; single files, or things with my username, or
>named as programs that I know to be Linux apps (seahorse, keyring, kde),
>can be ignored, but IXP000.TMP/ is pretty evident as a Windows-created
>directory (if only because it looks nothing like the other Linux
>directories), and looking inside it proves the point:
>
>ls /tmp/IXP000.TMP/
>ACCESSIB.CNT  cdccln.inf    eula.txt      mp2wrap.exe   msdxddex.inf
>oleaut32.dll  rmvv1.inf     vh263ax.inf
>ACCESSIB.HLP  CFGMGR32.DLL  fhgax.inf     mpeg4ax.inf   msdxmLC.DLL
>oleaut.inf    RUNDLL32.EXE  vidx16.dll
>ACELPDEC.AX   choose.inf    hlink.dll     mpg2splt.ax   msdxm.ocx
>ole.inf       schannel.dll  VoxMSDec.ax
>acelp.inf     control.ini   hlinkprx.dll  mpg4ds32.ax   MSMS001.vwp
>olepro32.dll  SETUPAPI.DLL  voxmsdec.inf
>actmovie.exe  ddexinst.exe  inloader.dll  mplayer2.cnt  msvcrt.dll
>qdvd.dll      setup.inf     VoxMVDec.ax
>ADVPACK.DLL   ddrawex.dll   l3codecx.ax   mplayer2.exe  msvcrt.inf
>qnspro.dll    stdole2.tlb   voxmvdec.inf
>amov4ie.inf   devenum.dll   laprxy.dll    mplayer2.hlp  MVoiced.vwp
>quartz.dll    strmdll.dll   vvAudFlt.ax
>amovfix.inf   drmclien.dll  logagent.exe  mplayer2.inf  nafiles.txt
>quartz.vxd    unam4ie.exe   vvVidFlt.ax
>amstream.dll  drmstor.dll   mciqtz32.dll  MPSUPP.HLP    NPDSPlay.dll
>quiet.inf     unregmp2.exe  W95INF16.DLL
>asfsipc.dll   dxmasf.dll    mciqtz.drv    msadds32.ax   NPDS.zip
>reboot.inf    urlmon.dll    W95INF32.DLL
>axdist.inf    dxmini.exe    mp2tiger.inf  msaudio.inf   npwmsdrm.dll
>Regsvr32.exe  vg723ax.inf   wininet.dll
>
>This directory was created by some Windows installer, which probably
>failed to run (because if the installer had completed, these temporary
>files should have been cleaned up/deleted). However, any re-run of the
>installer will attempt to extract these files again, possibly to the
>same directory, and apparenty does not delete/overwrite
>previously-existing files.
>
>I don't know squat about InstallShield or any other installer, but I can
>tell you that deleting previously extracted temporary installer files
>from a failed installer extraction often helps to rectify issues when
>you've changed your Wine configuration in order to enable the installer
>to run.
>
>I hope that makes sense in some way; but it may be clearer if you try it.
>
>c) go to step 3, and then run the installer again.
>
>2) upgrade Wine (current version 20050930, ~x86 in Gentoo) contains a
>number of fixes to the support for InstallShield installers; it may
>solve your issue without having to do anything else. I would suggest
>removing or renaming your ~/.wine directory before running it (the many
>changes in Wine over the past few months don't seem to play all that
>well with previous installs).
>
>3) If you don't want to or can't upgrade Wine at this time, perhaps the
>problem is that Wine doesn't know what DCOM you want to use (because you
>have installed DCOM98, but also copied Win2K dlls). If you are convinced
>that installing native DCOM dlls is necessary, blow away your ~/.wine
>folder (again/anyway), and run 'wine' to recreate it clean (basically
>without the self-installed native DCOM98, which a) may not be necessary,
>and b) may be a problem, since the application doesn't even work/install
>under 98 anyway, so it seems unlikely that it would be happy to find
>native 98 dlls).
>
>Then copy your Win2K dlls to the Wine system directory and perform one
>of the two following branches:
>
>I: To run just this installer using these dlls as native, use the
>WINEDLLOVERRIDE setting (the corrected command assumes that you cd-ed to
>the directory containing WFS73s.exe):
>
>WINEDLLOVERRIDES="ole32,oleaut32,rpcrt4=n" wine "WFS73s.exe /setup"
>
>II: To set a permanent DLLOVERRIDE for this *.exe (which in this case is
>'safe' to do, because the installer has a unique name, unlike
>'Setup.exe' which is what's usually found, and creating a per-app
>default for 'Setup.exe' would then apply to all installers which you
>normally might not want to do):
>
>- run 'winecfg'
>
>- in the first tab (Applications), click the 'Add Application' button
>and browse to and select WFS73s, then select it in the main window so
>that it is highlighted (and the Titlebar reads 'Wine Configuration for
>WFS73s.exe')
>
>- go to the second tab (Libraries), and type 'ole32' (without '.dll') in
>the 'New override for dll: field, then click 'Add'. Repeat for oleaut32
>and rpcrt4.
>
>-  each of these dlls will appear in the 'Existing overrides' box as
>'(native,builtin); if you want to set them only to 'native', select each
>dll and click the 'Edit' button, where you can select something
>different (like "native (Windows)" only).
>
>Click the 'Apply' or "OK'  buttons to save the settings, or to save the
>settings and exit winecfg, then try your install again.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Holly
>
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