Re: WINE install of Dreamweaver MX fails

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On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 9:09 PM, shobuz99<wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> DanKegel wrote:
>> I just tried installing Dreamweaver MX from CD-ROM
>> with the latest wine from git (wine-1.1.24-292-ga2dd6fb)
>> and it worked fine.  Here's what I did:
>>   rm -rf ~/.wine
>> (to start with a fresh .wine directory; this deletes anything you had
>> installed before in wine, so don't do this if you aren't sure)
>>
>>   cd /media/cdrom/Dreamweaver\ MX
>>   wine 'Dreamweaver MX Installer.exe'
>>
>> That's it!  No DCOM98, no futzing around.
>> It installed fine (though it warned about needing mdac).
>>
>> To start the app, I had to undo the Z mapping, else it takes forever to start:
>>   rm ~/.wine/dosdrives/z:
>>
>> I also installed Fireworks and was able to launch that.
>>
>> Have you tried the simple approach above?
>
>
> No, not yet. But I do have Wine 1.1.24 on my 64 machine.
> So you didn't have to run winecfg after you put on a fresh version?
> And you didn't have to add the dll's for /.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 in wine as "native'?
> And you didn't need to copy the InstallShield folder from native windows
> and past it to /.wine/drive_c/program files/common files?
> And you didn't have to run 'exportDrive='C:'?

Right.

> And you didn't have to run in Terminal?

Never hurts ;-). But try without.

> Wow..sounds too easy; but I'll try it.
>
> Ok I'm lost on one thing... what is 'git'? A FTP website?

Latest development version. It's a source control mechanism, like CVS or Bazaar:
http://wiki.winehq.org/GitWine

> I'll try this if there's any chance it will work.
>
> BTW.. my error message has changed from what I originally posted.
> I can't recall all of it; but it had something to with not being able to create
> dir/folder because of permissions. Also an error about the kernel.
> I'll have to try it again and get those errors exactly, because they still don't come up in terminal... they come up in a dialog box from wine.

Make sure you're not running as root/sudo.

-- 
-Austin



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