@ Dimesio and James McKenzie: Thanks. Here is some more terminal output: sebastian@sebastian-laptop:~$ cd $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Alibre\ Design/Program sebastian@sebastian-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Alibre Design/Program$ wine 'Alibre Design.exe' install the Windows version of Mono to run .NET executables This logging code: wine 'Alibre Design.exe' > design.log 2>&1 does nothing :(