[Wine] Re: If a program won't run under Wine

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McDragon wrote:
> I have started this discussion on the Ubuntu forum (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1534491), but I was advised to come here.
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> I did it. I finally got somebody else onto Ubuntu. OK, it is my mother but so far so good. I had to install MS Office and then some dictionaries - all under Wine.
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> Now I have got stuck, there are some legal dictionaries written for Windows, released in 2002/2003 and absolutely DO NOT want to work under Wine.
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> 

First, what version of Wine? If it's not 1.2, upgrade. If it doesn't work in 1.2, run the installer from a terminal and post whatever messages appear. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_from_terminal