wine exe?

[Pat3raak]

hi, im a n00b to linux, but i've downloaded wine and
apparently theres supposed to be an exe in the folder
that i run to install it but theres no exe could someone
help me please???

[techieMoe]

hi, im a n00b to linux, but i've downloaded wine and
apparently theres supposed to be an exe in the folder
that i run to install it but theres no exe could someone
help me please???

What distribution of Linux are you using? Wine can be installed either from the "Add/Remove Software" utility or by downloading a binary (RPM or DEB). There is no such thing as an EXE file in Linux.

In Windows, the operating system determines whether or not something can be run by the file extension .EXE. In Linux there are no file extensions for this purpose. Instead, the operating system determines whether something is executable depending on the permissions settings of that file. If the permission to execute is set, that file is executable regardless of its name.

[Pat3raak]

what distribution of linux does the asus eee 900 come with?
it doesn't appear in the add/remove programs
and in the installation instructions it says 'run the
exe like in windows' WTF? i'm confuzzled!!!

i've downloaded it and extracted now what do i do,
it doesnt say on the site!!!

[techieMoe]

what distribution of linux does the asus eee 900 come with?

The EEE (to the best of my knowledge) uses a modified version of Debian Linux, which would mean you want to download a DEB file for WINE.

To install a DEB file manaually, open up a terminal window and type:

dpkg -i nameOfYourDeb.deb

Replace "nameofyourdeb" obviously with the real name of the package.

it doesn't appear in the add/remove programs
and in the installation instructions it says 'run the
exe like in windows' WTF? i'm confuzzled!!!

The EEE has a specialized OS that doesn't act quite the same as a regular Linux distribution. I guess it wouldn't have an Add/Remove menu. When the installation instructions for WINE say "run the EXE like in Windows" they probably mean once WINE is installed. Once it is, you can launch whatever application you want with:

wine nameofyourprogram.exe

[Pat3raak]

i tried what you said and it went ok until this part:

dpkg -i wine_1.0.0~winehq0~debian~4.0-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 71440 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace wine 1.0.0~winehq0~debian~4.0-1 (using wine_1.0.0~winehq0~debian~4.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wine ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wine:
wine depends on winbind; however:
Package winbind is not installed.
dpkg: error processing wine (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
wine

what does this mean???

[grave]

Preparing to replace wine 1.0.0~winehq0~debian~4.0-1 (using wine_1.0.0~winehq0~debian~4.0-1_i386.deb)
Means wine was already installed
So if its not deleted by trying to install it again (i dont use debian, do not now about dpkg)
Try to see if wine is installed
# winecfg
or start notepad
# wine notepad
if notepad or winecfg opens then wine is already installed
if not then
you have to install it again
the error
wine depends on winbind; however:
means wine needs the package winbind so install that first
I dont need that package for wine so why he want that ?

Also:
You have to install wine as root
Install window programs as user
run window program as user
the wine website:
Wine HQ

[Pat3raak]

i tried to install winbind but got this

dpkg -i winbind_3.3.24-6etch10_alpha.debdpkg: error processing winbind_3.3.24-6etch10_alpha.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
winbind_3.3.24-6etch10_alpha.deb

any halp???

[grave]

winbind_3.3.24-6etch10_alpha.deb , i think thats for an alpha processor
But this can help you ?
EeeUser ASUS Eee PC Forum / wine

[Gullible Jones]

Hmm. Have you tried "apt-get install wine"? If it's Debian, that should work...

[Pat3raak]

did what you said but got this:

sudo apt-get install wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine: Depends: winbind but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

what does this mean???