installing wine and limwire

**pmeg568c** · 03-01-2004

yea im really a linux noob and right now im running the vector distro

i have no idea how to install things

specifically limewire and wine

**heartsmagic** · 03-01-2004

Go to
http://sourceforge.net get the source of what you want

then

Code:

man tar

to learn something about tar files...

then read the instructions in INSTALL file (generally there must bu an INSTALL file )

then install the application what you want again. if you encounter with a specific problem write it down here, but remember that your magic command is

Code:

man

if you dont know what is man

Code:

man man

..

**danbo** · 03-01-2004

to install wine from a .tar.gz file, extract the contents of the file to wherever you want, then open the terminal and type the command SU ROOT (if your not already root) and enter your root password, then cd to the directory that you extracte wine to, then cd into the wine directory and type the following in the terminal

Code:

./configure
make
make install

one after the other, it should now be installed

p.s. these commands may take a while to perform their actions

**pmeg568c** · 03-01-2004

does it matter what terminal i use?

i have something like xterm and aterm

and what is this "shell" thing i keep hearing about

**Dolda2000** · 03-01-2004

No, which terminal emulator you use wouldn't matter. And, the "shell" is the first program that is running in the terminal emulator - the program that displays the `[user@host dir]$ ' prompt and parses the commands that you type. That is why it doesn't matter which terminal emulator you choose - it's still the same shell.

**danbo** · 03-01-2004

Originally Posted by ICeMaN

to install wine from a .tar.gz file, extract the contents of the file to wherever you want, then open the terminal and type the command SU ROOT (if your not already root) and enter your root password, then cd to the directory that you extracte wine to, then cd into the wine directory and type the following in the terminal

Code:

./configure
make
make install

one after the other, it should now be installed

p.s. these commands may take a while to perform their actions

also in some cases you may be able to check the make by doing

Code:

make check

Edit: also i have a question about this, how do i run wine after this?

**Dolda2000** · 03-01-2004

Wine doesn't have a user interface in itself. You have to start it giving it the file name of the Windows EXE file to run as an argument.

**danbo** · 03-01-2004

Originally Posted by Dolda2000

Wine doesn't have a user interface in itself. You have to start it giving it the file name of the Windows EXE file to run as an argument.

do i need to CD into the directory of the application first..... e.g.

Code:

cd /
cd /mnt/WINNT
cd /games/cs

Then would i just do (to run the game?

Code:

wine steam.exe

Edit: i just answered my own question but i have the following error

Code:

&#91;root@THE_REAL_WORLD cs1.6&#93;# wine steam.exe
err&#58;module&#58;PE_fixup_imports Module &#40;file&#41; OLEACC.dll &#40;which is needed by Z&#58;\mnt\WINNT\Admin\Games\cs1.6\Steam.exe&#41; not found

How can i fix this (i've tried it with other programs too, and i dont have the modules)?

**Dolda2000** · 03-01-2004

You don't need to cd into the directory, but you do need to give it the actual filename, like this:

Code:

wine /mnt/WINNT/games/cs/steam.exe

Or, if you've set up /mnt/WINNT to be C: in your Wine config, you can do this just as well:

Code:

wine C&#58;\\games\\cs\\steam.exe

**danbo** · 03-01-2004

it says i dont have the modules, how can i get the common modules?

also where is my wine config to?

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