[Wine] Help installing application

[L. Rahyen]

	.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?