[Wine] Problem on installing MS VM on wine

[Stephen Liu]

Hi L. Rahyen,


- snip -

> > What does it mean?  No MS VM found?
> 
> 	ies4linux install IE to non-default WINEPREFIX. If you did
> installation of 
> msjava exactly as I have suggested without exporting WINEPREFIX
> environment 
> variable then it is expected result - IE from non-standard WINEPREFIX
> (most 
> likely ~/.ies4linux/ie6) will not find msjava installed in standard 
> WINEPREFIX (that's ~/.wine).
> 	See below how to solve this problem.
> 
> 	Before you continue, please make sure you have latest WINE installed
> - that's 
> 0.9.43! You may try with older version too but in case of any
> problems before 
> asking for farther help make sure you have latest version. No one
> will 
> support old WINE versions!

Noted.


- snip -

> > Could you please explain in more detail?  Tks.
> 
> 	Yes, of course. You have two ways to do this:
> 
> 	1) This is simplest and fastest way (at least in my opinion).
> 	Use wine-double-install to copy all changed files and registry
> entries after 
> msjava installation from clean WINEPREFIX to WINEPREFIX with IE.
> 	I have attached wine-double-install script to this message. You need
> to 
> install it like this on your system:
> 
> chmod +x wine-double-install
> sudo cp wine-double-install /usr/local/bin/
> 
> 	Now you ready to use it. In your particular case you should run it
> like this:
> 
> rm -rf ~/.wine-tmp
> wine-double-install -s ~/.wine-tmp -d /.ies4linux/ie6 \
> msjavx86b3805.exe \
> MSJavWU_8073687b82d41db93f4c2a04af2b34d.exe
> 
> 	This will install both files with clean WINE (it is important here
> that 
> directory given with -s option doesn't exist so new WINEPREFIX will
> be 
> created) and then will copy all changes in filesystem and registry
> from clean 
> WINE to WINE with IE. If installation with clean WINE was OK then you
> should 
> have now msjava in WINEPREFIX with IE.
> 	If this script will work fine for you don't forget to tell me about
> this! I 
> never tested it on other machines. Thanks.


Gnome Desktop

On Update Manager
update wine
"MSWindows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Litrary)
>From version 0.9.33-Oubuntul to 0.9.43~winehq0~ubuntu~6.10-1 (Size:
9.0MB)

$ apt-cache policy wine
wine:
  Installed: 0.9.43~winehq0~ubuntu~6.10-1
  Candidate: 0.9.43~winehq0~ubuntu~6.10-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.43~winehq0~ubuntu~6.10-1 0
        500 http://wine.budgetdedicated.com edgy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.41-0ubuntu2~feisty1 0
        500 http://debian.linux.org.tw feisty-backports/universe
Packages
     0.9.33-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://debian.linux.org.tw feisty/universe Packages
     0.9.22-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy/universe Packages


wine update to version 0.9.43


Start IE6
top tool-bar and address bar are found.


Download wine_double_install on /home/satimis

$ chmod +x -c wine_double_install 
mode of `wine_double_install' changed to 0755 (rwxr-xr-x)


$ sudo cp wine_double_install /usr/local/bin/
Password:
$ rm -rf ~/.wine-tmp
No complaint


$ wine-double-install -s ~/.wine-tmp -d /.ies4linux/ie6 \
> msjavx86b3805.exe \
> MSJavWU_8073687b82d41db93f4c2a04af2b34d.exe
bash: wine-double-install: command not found

$ which wine-double-install
No printout

Ah I should use wine_double_install, sorry.


$ wine_double_install -s ~/.wine-tmp -d /.ies4linux/ie6
msjavx86b3805.exe MSJavWU_8073687b82d41db93f4c2a04af2b34d.exe
Creating source WINEPREFIX... fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer
supports MIDI in. Not yet supported.
/home/satimis/.wine-tmp updated successfully.
Done.
Saving current registry and filesystem state... Done.
Running WINE..

Would you like to install the Microsoft
[Yes]
Accept "Agreement"

Microsoft VM
The MS virtual machine you are attempting to install is a
protected system component and can only be updated with a later
release of the operating system or service pack.
[OK]


The installation is completed
[OK]


fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer supports MIDI in. Not yet
supported.

=================================================================
Make sure  that installation went fine!  If everything is OK then
enter "y" to continue. If installation has failed, enter "n".
=================================================================

Do you want to continue? [y/N] y

Computing source filesystem changes... Done.
Applying source filesystem changes to the destination... mkdir: cannot
create directory `/.ies4linux': Permission denied
mkdir: cannot create directory `/.ies4linux': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file
`/.ies4linux/ie6/drive_c/windows/vminst.log': No such file or directory
Done.
Computing source registry changes... Done.
Applying source registry changes to the destination... Done.
        There was errors (see /tmp/reg.patch.log) when applying source
registry changes to the destination.
        NOTE: Typically it is OK to have few minor errors about
importing or exporting registry keys.
Saving current registry and filesystem state... Done.
Running WINE...

(Remark: error found here)

Microsoft VM
Would you like to install the Microsoft
[Yes]

Accept Agreement

MS VM
The setup will only upgrade over an existing version of
the Microsoft VM
[OK]

The installation is completed
[OK]


fixme:midi:OSS_MidiInit Synthesizer supports MIDI in. Not yet
supported.

=================================================================
Make sure  that installation went fine!  If everything is OK then
enter "y" to continue. If installation has failed, enter "n".
=================================================================

Do you want to continue? [y/N] y

Computing source filesystem changes... Done.
Applying source filesystem changes to the destination... mkdir: cannot
create directory `/.ies4linux': Permission denied
cp: cannot create regular file
`/.ies4linux/ie6/drive_c/windows/vminst.log': No such file or directory
Done.
Computing source registry changes... Done.
Applying source registry changes to the destination... Done.
        There was errors (see /tmp/reg.patch.log) when applying source
registry changes to the destination.
        NOTE: Typically it is OK to have few minor errors about
importing or exporting registry keys.

(Remark: error also found here)


Fired up IE6

Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced 
Setting:-
Still displaying;
Java (Sun)
[check] Use java 2v1.4.2_12 for ,applet. (requires restart)

No "MS VM" found.


B.R.
Stephen Liu

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