12 Yr Old Boy Asking Games Ubuntu 9.04

[sedred]

Hello Sir,

I heard that ubuntu can also download online games but when I downloaded and tried to install the game, it says that I could not open the file. Please help me understand. Thanks in advance.

sedred

[oz]

Please post the name of the game and the file that you are referring to along with any error messages that you received so that someone can help.

[rokytnji]

And you can also look through here. I was using the search box ozar when you posted. There is a search box in the r/h top of page in case you wish to look. Just type in games and hit search. There is a ton of hits for it.

The Linux Game Tome: Game Tome Listing

[sedred]

Sorry for the late reply I have been busy with my school works...

I am trying to download Insaniquarium deluxe and this is what it said:

[/home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe or
/home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe.zip, and cannot find /home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe.ZIP, period.
Then I cannot extract it.Please help thank you

[reed9]

Any file ending in .exe is a windows files. Without going into too much explanation, windows programs aren't designed to run under linux. However, there is a program called WINE, that sort of mimics a windows environment and allows you to run some windows programs - with varying degrees of success.

Installing Software in Ubuntu

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Ubuntu Community Documentation for WINE

[sedred]

I heard about WINE and I also have Wine but it seems i only have note pad well...thx for the help i completely understand.

[Kieren]

To execute a Windows executable in Wine just use the command:

wine appliction.exe

So for you:

wine /home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe

[sedred]

sorry for the very late reply i thought tha last answer was done but its seems that i have to check evry night ....hehe

so anway i did the command and this is what it said

elim@elim-laptop:~$ wine /home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe

fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
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then a pop-up box will appear that i have to go to the administrator account so it thought it means that i have to use sudo so this is the one with the sudo command
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elim@elim-laptop:~$ sudo elim@elim-laptop:~$ wine /home/elim/Desktop/insaniquarium_s1_l1_gF93T1L1_d610071882.exe
sudo: elim@elim-laptop:~$: command not found
elim@elim-laptop:~$
elim@elim-laptop:~$ fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
elim@elim-laptop:~$ fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
elim@elim-laptop:~$ fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
elim@elim-laptop:~$ fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership ((nil) 0x12d488 0x33ee14) stub!
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
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I think i gave less in the informations just following and asking step-by-step please help in understanding.

[Kieren]

I think your “administrator account” error message is a Windows error so using sudo wouldn't help. When using Wine you should never need to use sudo.

Wine is not perfect and doesn't work will Windows programs and I think you have one that isn't compatible I'm afraid. If you really want to run it through Linux though there are other programs such as Cedega

[D-cat]

At least you did get your syntax wrong, so no damage could be done.

Wine will mimic a Windows environment, including admin mode as best as it can, within reason. Never run Wine as sudo, running any downloaded program as sudo completely negates one of the key the security structures in Linux and give the (potentially malicious) program complete access to the computer. You especially do not do this with Windows programs.

Insaniquarium has a Platinum rating from the WineHQ App Database, so it has been reported to work well with wine, but the page is not specific on how whoever reported it got it to run, no maintainers are listed.

Permissions problems in Wine I guess are still a big issue. The Wiki entry about it is from a 2005 post, you'd think they'd have improved upon it by now. Maybe they'll figure it out some day.
General Wine Troubleshooting - Wine-Wiki

You could possibly try a wine front end that keeps separate configurations for various programs. I have PlayOnLinux, which I'm not seeing it in the Ubuntu list (searched Synaptic), so you'd have to follow the following link's instructions if you wanted to try that route:
Downloads - PlayOnLinux - Run your Windows applications on Linux easily !