[Wine] How to install a .msp?

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Lex Middelberg <lex at middelberg.co.za> wrote:
> I am trying to install a WordPerfect Service Pack, the file is a .msp format.
>
> Wine does nothing with it.
>
> When I try: msiexec /p "etc" I get the following from the terminal:
>
> root at Icarus:~# msiexec /p /media/disk/WordPerfect12/WP12SPEN.msp
> No protocol specified
> No protocol specified
> No protocol specified
> No protocol specified
> Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
> Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
> Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
> Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
> fixme:msi:MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed r = 80030002 for
> L"/media/disk/WordPerfect12/WP12SPEN.msp
>
> I'd appreciate any help.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Lex Middelberg.
>
>

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Lex Middelberg <lex at middelberg.co.za> wrote:
> I am trying to install a WordPerfect Service Pack, the file is a .msp format.
>
> Wine does nothing with it.
>
> When I try: msiexec /p "etc" I get the following from the terminal:
>
> root at Icarus:~# msiexec /p /media/disk/WordPerfect12/WP12SPEN.msp

Why are you running as root?

> No protocol specified
> No protocol specified
> No protocol specified
> No protocol specified
> Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
> Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
> Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
> Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
> fixme:msi:MSI_OpenDatabaseW open failed r = 80030002 for
> L"/media/disk/WordPerfect12/WP12SPEN.msp

Sounds like your session isn't setup correctly. All graphical apps
will fail. Log out of root, log in as a normal user, and try again.