Hi Jack On 22 Aug 2006 at 17:41, Jack Gates wrote: > This is my first attempt at using wine. > > I have wine installed on FC5 the version wine-0.9.17-1.fc5.src.rpm . > I have the winecfg, regedit, winefile, winhelp, notepad and wine > software unistaller. I do not see an installer. I can't find any > information that tells how to install a *.exe app on Linux and run it > in wine. > > <copy of the wineuser-guide> > > Assuming you are using a fake Windows installation, you install > applications into Wine in the same way you would in Windows: by > running the installer. You can just accept the defaults for where to > install, most installers will default to "C:\Program Files", which is > fine. If the application installer requests it, you may find that Wine > creates icons on your desktop and in your app menu. If that happens, > you can start the app by clicking on them. > > <end copy of the wineuser-guide> > > Thanks for any help > Generally, you just run the setup.exe (or whatever) with wine, i,e. wine setup.exe (although you will probably need the full path) Using Gnome, in Ubuntu, I get a the option to 'Run with wine' when I right click a .exe file. Having said that, a lot of stuff needs special treatment, so look in the Wine AppDB first for any specific guidance. Tony _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
