[Wine] Help installing application
L. Rahyen
research at science.su
Fri Jul 6 23:18:00 CDT 2007
Of course space is neccessary because it is the separator of the first
argument (original name) from the second one (new name). And you did a typo:
you forgot "/" before "home/...". Try this:
mv /home/melanie/.wine /home/melanie/.wine.old
Please note that
mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.old
is short version of command above and I suggest to use it instead because it
is better style; if you execute it under user "melanie" your shell will
automatically replace "~" with your current home directory "/home/melanie".
It is should be clear that you must execute WINE under user account which
have the .wine directory in its home directory, otherwise you may and will
run into problems with permissions (if this is the case you simply should fix
them as neccessary depending on what you want if you are using multiuser
setup; if you are using only one user account for yourself, this doesn't
matter).
On Friday July 6 2007 18:29, M Thompson wrote:
> Here are my messages - I wasn't sure if a space was needed, so I tried it
> both ways.
>
>
> melanie at atlasinstall:~$ mv home/melanie/.wine home/melanie/.wine.old
> mv: cannot stat `home/melanie/.wine': No such file or directory
> melanie at atlasinstall:~$ mv home/melanie/.winehome/melanie/.wine.old
> mv: missing destination file operand after
> `home/melanie/.winehome/melanie/.wine.old'
> Try `mv --help' for more information.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 7/5/07, L. Rahyen <research at science.su> wrote:
> > I assume file "Wine Debug" is full terminal output (second file
> > contains only
> > harmless warnings which are unrelated to your problem). From these lines:
> >
> > melanie at atlasinstall:~$ wine /media/cdrom0/msetup4.exe
> > Warning: the specified Windows directory L"c:\\windows" is not
> > accessible. Warning: the specified System directory
> > L"c:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible.
> > Warning: the specified Windows directory L"c:\\windows" is not
> > accessible. Warning: the specified System directory
> > L"c:\\windows\\system32" is not accessible.
> > fixme:win:RegisterDeviceNotificationA (hwnd=0x10024,
> > filter=0x33f614,flags=0x00000000),
> > returns a fake device notification handle!
> > fixme:reg:GetNativeSystemInfo (0x33ec14) using GetSystemInfo()
> > err:shell:SHGetFolderPathW Failed to create directory L"c:
> > \\windows\\profiles\\melanie\\Local Settings\\Temporary Internet Files".
> > err:shell:SHGetFolderPathW Failed to create directory L"c:
> > \\windows\\profiles\\melanie\\Local Settings\\History".
> > err:shell:SHGetFolderPathW Failed to create directory L"c:
> > \\windows\\profiles\\melanie\\Cookies".
> >
> > ...I think that you have problems with permissions. Try to
> > execute the
> > following:
> >
> > mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.old
> >
> > This command will rename your ".wine" directory to ".wine.old".
> > There
> > shouldn't be any terminal output at all. If this command give you errors
> > then
> > you have problems with permissions. If renaming was successful then your
> > permissions are OK, so we need to test farther; if so execute this:
> >
> > wineprefixcreate
> >
> > This command shouldn't give you errors. It will create clean
> > ".wine"
> > directory for you. If it was OK with no errors, run your program as you
> > did
> > before:
> >
> > wine /media/cdrom0/msetup4.exe
> >
> > And report results.
> >
> > On Friday July 6 2007 03:05, M Thompson wrote:
> > > Ok That's quite a bit of homework:) As for the reading, I've done that
> > > already. As for the rest, I'll give it a try as soon as I have a few
> > > minutes. In the meantime, can you see the attached text files? If you
> > > can, I'll skip the bz stuff, if not I'll send later. Thanks again.
> > >
> > > On 7/5/07, L. Rahyen < research at science.su> wrote:
> > > > .bz2 file is OK, but debug.log within it isn't. it just
> >
> > contain
> >
> > > > this error:
> > > >
> > > > bash: cd: home/melanie/.wine/drive_c/ProgramFiles/msetup4.exe: No
> > > > such file or
> > > > directory
> > > >
> > > > Okay, here is more detailed instructions:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Execute this:
> > > >
> > > > cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/your_application
> > > >
> > > > Replace "your_application" with your application' program
> >
> > folder
> >
> > > > if it has
> > > > one. Please note that you must use "\" before all spaces! This is
> > > > important.
> > > > You cannot ommit spaces or leave 'em without "\". "\" is just escape
> > > > character - it tells to the shell that next symbol shouldn't have any
> > > > special
> > > > meaning and it is a part of the file or directory name in this case.
> > > > (Please note that this step have more importance than you may
> > > > think. Many
> > > > Windows application require you to cd to the directory with the
> > > > executable;
> > > > file managers like Nautilus and Konqueror will NOT do this - they
> >
> > always
> >
> > > > set
> > > > your home directory as current one. If you try to execute such
> > > > applications
> > > > with full path they will fail to work. Some Win-apps work even if
> > > > your current directory is any directory on your system but you cannot
> >
> > assume
> >
> > > > this
> > > > if you not sure. You may want to read brief and short intruduction to
> > > > typical
> > > > problems when using WINE here:
> > > > http://madewokherd.livejournal.com/5082.html ;
> > > > if you need more info you can read http://www.winehq.org/ )
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2) Execute:
> > > >
> > > > ls
> > > >
> > > > You must see executable of your program in the output. If
> > > > not, make sure that
> > > > you in right directory (by executing command "pwd" to see your
> > > > current directory).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 3) Execute:
> > > >
> > > > wine program_name.exe
> > > >
> > > > Substitute "program_name" with the name of your program
> > > > executable. Make sure
> > > > that your program can run and give you the error. You will have some
> > > > output
> > > > in your terminal. If this works as expected, execute:
> > > >
> > > > wine program_name.exe &> debug.log
> > > >
> > > > And do everything neccessary to get the error from your
> >
> > program.
> >
> > > > Then close
> > > > it correctly if possible (but even if not this isn't very important).
> > > >
> > > > 4) Execute:
> > > >
> > > > less debug.log
> > > >
> > > > You can scroll up/down with up/down arrow keys. You must find
> > > > there terminal
> > > > output from WINE. If you find something else (for example, error
> > > > about non-existing file) make sure you followed instructions
> > > > correctly; in worst
> > > >
> > > > case you can ask additional questions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 5) If everything is okay, execute:
> > > >
> > > > bzip2 -9 debug.log
> > > >
> > > > Parameter "-9" means maximum possible compression level. You
> >
> > will
> >
> > > > have
> > > > debug.log.bz2 file with compressed terminal output from WINE. If you
> >
> > want
> >
> > > > you
> > > > may try to open this file in your favorite file manager (something
> >
> > like
> >
> > > > Konqueror or Nautilus) but this is unnessery check if content of
> >
> > original
> >
> > > > debug.log was OK.
> > > >
> > > > On Friday July 6 2007 01:54, M Thompson wrote:
> > > > > Ok I hope I have the debug file attached. The exact errors are as
> > > >
> > > > follows:
> > > > > When I get to the install to C:program files screen, it says: "C:
> >
> > free
> >
> > > > > space available is 1MB 65 MB needed."
> > > > >
> > > > > When I hit install anyway, it says "the specified folder is
> > > > > invalid. Specify a write enabled folder on the local hard disk
> > > > > drive".
> > > > >
> > > > > The folder is write enabled as far as I can tell.
> > > > >
> > > > > If it helps, I will send a screenshot of the above two error
> > > >
> > > > messages. I
> > > >
> > > > > was going to but I was afraid it would bog down everyone's
> > > >
> > > > email. Please
> > > >
> > > > > let me know if more info is needed or if I failed to do the bz2
> > > > > file correctly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance for your advice and for your patience.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 7/5/07, L. Rahyen < research at science.su> wrote:
> > > > > > Open a terminal, and execute this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/your_application
> > > > > > wine program_name.exe &> debug.log
> > > > > > bzip2 -9 debug.log
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You will have relatively small debug.log.bz2 file with
> >
> > full
> >
> > > > > > terminal output.
> > > > > > Of course if debug.log will be of small size (say, few KiB or so)
> > > > > > then
> > > > > >
> > > > > > you don't need to compress it with bzip2. Just attach it to your
> >
> > next
> >
> > > > > > message. It
> > > > > > may be helpful if you provide exact text message with the error
> >
> > you
> >
> > > > get
> > > >
> > > > > > from
> > > > > > the application or even provide a screenshot if you want (exact
> >
> > text
> >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > > > screenshot will be useful only if the error is written with
> >
> > English).
> >
> > > > > > On Thursday July 5 2007 18:12, M Thompson wrote:
> > > > > > > OK Thanks.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I would be using this software in conjunction with my Canon MP
> >
> > 600
> >
> > > > > > printer
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > which works under Linux albeit with a nonspecific driver (MP
> > > > > > > 500
> > > > > >
> > > > > > driver).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > The photo quality is OK just not good enough for keepsake
> > > > > > > photos
> >
> > (
> >
> > > > i.e.,
> > > >
> > > > > > my
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > child) even with turboprint. Even under WIN XP, I had to use
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > Canon
> > > >
> > > > > > > software to make photos print correctly color-wise and
> >
> > borderless
> >
> > > > 4x6
> > > >
> > > > > > > (funny none of the glowing reviews mentioned this). As for the
> > > > > > > full terminal output, I have already taken some screenshots at
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > relevant
> > > >
> > > > > > > times and I'd rather provide those if possible. If not, I can
> >
> > try
> >
> > > > to
> > > >
> > > > > > send
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > the whole output - what do you consider very long bc I'm not
> >
> > sure I
> >
> > > > > > > know how to create a bz2 file? So, what do you think?
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