[Wine] Installing Windows applications in Wine

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:50, hguelbert <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am relatively new to Linux and very new to Wine. I have tried installing some of the windows programmes I regularly use and never managed to get anything to work. They always seem to drop out during installation with some error or another.
>
> I am guessing from what I read that people do get many programes, games, MS office etc. working under Wine. So I am wondering what I can be doing wrong?
>
> In general I put the application install CD in my CD rom. Navigate to the setup.exe file. then right click on it and select open with wine.
>
> Is the the correct method or should I be doing it a different way?
>
> Any pointers much appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Hans.

Wine FAQ has a lot of information and should be considered a required
reading: http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

Hope this helps

Frédéric