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
