Unable to install downloaded program

[jchw]

I am new to Ubuntu and am in the process of moving all my data from Windows to Ubuntu. So far everything has gone well and I am very impressed with Ubuntu and regret not doing this years ago.

One program is giving problems. It is a program called Sharescope and I pay a subscription for it and it runs in my Windows partition. I downloaded Wine and then downloaded Sharescope three times but when I click to install it comes up with the following message;

Archive: /home/johnlaptop/Downloads/SSGoldFull(3).EXE
[/home/johnlaptop/Downloads/SSGoldFull(3).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/johnlaptop/Downloads/SSGoldFull(3).EXE or
/home/johnlaptop/Downloads/SSGoldFull(3).EXE.zip, and cannot find /home/johnlaptop/Downloads/SSGoldFull(3).EXE.ZIP, period.

I contacted Sharescope and they said it was a permission issue in Ubuntu. Is there any way to install this program or will I have to work with it in Windows?

I am not a computer expert so any solution needs to be fairly simple. I will be grateful for any advise on how to resolve this.

[arochester]

1) You could run Windows XP inside Linux using virtualisation e.g. Virtualbox

2) It seems to run in Crossover for Linux. This is a commerical package akin ti Wine, which you must pay for. Have a look at Compatibility - ShareScope - CodeWeavers

[jchw]

Thanks for the advise. I have gone into Crossover and tried to download a version but that has run into a problem with the download and I am waiting for some support response. It looks like it will work eventually if and when I can get it installed.

Nothing seems to be easy but I think I am getting nearer to a fix.

[jchw]

This is just to confirm that I have downloaded Crossover and then downloaded ShareScope and it looks like the problem is solved. The font in Crossover looks a bit odd but the program works fine.

Thanks for the information on how to solve this problem.