On 07/09/2009 01:08 AM, barnabyr wrote:
I have scoured other posts and some people have recommended using winetricks. How would I install this. I have looked at the instructions and sadly it doesn't make sense to me a linux newb. Could someone talk me through it with step by step instructions, please? Am I right in assuming that when people talk about a prompt it's the same as the terminal?
winetricks is just a "shell script", which doesn't need installation. Just download and save the file somewhere convenient (e.g. your home directory) and type this at a command prompt (i.e. in a terminal): $ sh winetricks (don't type the $, that's what you will see in the terminal window to indicate that you may type a command.) Once you see the winetricks window you will need to install .NET 2 (look for "dotnet20") and the jet database engine "jet40". Now, I never did get the PitchPad installer to work, so I resorted to trickery: I installed the program in Windows and just copied the entire C:\Program Files\PitchPad directory to my linux machine. That directory goes in your ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ directory, where you can then run it by typing $ wine PitchPadP.exe If you can get that far you can add a desktop icon for it later, but first things first. The program does work but looks a bit odd. I have no freaking idea whether the program works correctly because cricket is a straaaange game ;o) If you get stuck somewhere (most likely) let us know.
