How To Install Windows Programs on Linux Using Wine
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Think that your a windows users who need to test Linux. Now you installed Linux, downloaded your favorite software, and now your trying to install them. Why can’t I run exe files on Linux? That will be your question… Now, lets learn why this is happening, and how to solve this!
Linux is a totally different operating system. It have its own way of doing things. In windows we have .exe files which is the normal executable format. In Linux, we have rpm, deb and many more. But they doesn’t support exe files. The reason is the resources needed by windows applications cannot be found in the Linux environment. For example : you cannot find the necessary dll files on Linux! So, to solve that, we can use a small software called Wine. According to Wikipedia :
Wine implements a compatibility layer, providing alternative implementations of the DLLs that Windows programs call, and processes to substitute for the Windows NT kernel.
Now, How to install wine?
On Ubuntu :
- Open the terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter the following command :
sudo apt-get install wine
On other systems :
- You can easily download the binary package of Wine which supports your OS from the : WineHQ download page.
After you download and install Wine, simply double click on an exe file to run it. Or right click on the exe file and select “Open With Wine Windows Program Loader”.
I think this post will help you to solve many problems that you had! So, what do you think about Wine? Please feel free to leave your comments!…. Cheers!
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Wine is good emulator for installing windows apps on linux. i have tried installing all versions of IE (my stock trading company website doesnt support ffox/Opera ) ,Age of empires, Counter strike. there is another software Cadega. not a freeware , but got from torrents :)
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Cadega? its new to me :D thanks bro… i’ll look at it right now :D
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Insert the program cd, open wine and select install application, point it to the cd, wine then installs it to your wine_C:\Program Files folder in your home directory.
now you can do this by simply double clicking on the exe file! :D
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Hi, Wine can run most of the windows applications, you can browser through the Wine AppDB page to see which softwares are compatible with Wine and which are not.
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It’s isn’t capable of running programs other than ones already on it which will include flash games and a mock notepad.
hmmm… i don’t know about this bro… can you explain more about this?
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Nice info my friend , wine help us to move over linux.
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you welcome bro :D
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Wine is one of the btter application by which we can run windows applications in it. I have also run a lot of programs and able to run GTALK In UBUNTU 9.04 Hope this might add some value to your article
http://infoedutech.com/install-gtalk-on-ubuntu-9-04/
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thanks mate! your article is really helpful… i think its better if everyone can follow it to learn the basics of wine! :D
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I’m not a regular Linux platform user but recently after buying new PC I installed Ubuntu Karmic in a partition but unable to create a link for internet connection. I follow a small tutorial on creating internet connection in Ubuntu but I failed. Will you write a decent step by step tutorial on it please.
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Bro, can you tell me how are you going to connect to internet? through a modem or a router? and are you using ADSL? and can i also know what is the error your getting? then it will be easier for me to answer your question :D
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Bro, I’m using a ADSL modem to connect over internet. Is there no way to create a network connection like we do on Windows?
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Bro, unfortunately i don’t know how to solve this because i don’t have a modem, i only have a router! so i can’t even test it. But i found these links which might be helpful for you :
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/setting-up-dial-up-connection-in-ubuntu.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8704724
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8562632
http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Connecting_an_Ubuntu_Linux_System_to_a_DSL_Modem
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsbAdslModem
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE
If any of these didn’t work… call your service provider and shoot them! :D They’ll know how to fix it :D
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I think, I already followed the last article. Need to read the rest. Thanks for your help.
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Nice info. Is it possible to run every Windows programs via Wine?
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Im afraid not bro… there are some programs which you can’t run on wine like Adobe CS4!
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No mate we cannot run all Windows app under Linux using Wine/Cedega or any windows emulator for that sake , as most of windows apps are closed source and you don’t know how the Programme works really , so it is pretty hard to port it over to linux . i have been using linux from 6 years and i haven’t had any major problems , except for AOE not working upto expectation (so i left AOE ;) ).
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Hello
You have given good enough information about Wine and I think wine seems very useful to install windows programs on Linux.Thank you very much for giving such good information to us.
your welcome mate! glad it helped you :D
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my frnd confronting the same problem in installing window program in linux
i will surelly suggest this software to him
thanks for sharing
your welcome mate! hope your friend find this useful! :D
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lol :D i never used Linux! :)
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then you better start using it mate! :D
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As good as Linux is, this is one of the major hang ups which puts many people off using it, this is sad as apart from annoying things such as this it is a fine operating platform.
your right bro… but in the future, most of the big companies will start to make the Linux versions of their software!
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I have been using Wine since long (10 years at least) and I love it! :D
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Wow….. then you must be an expert in wine and Linux…..! :D
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ther should be a list that tells which applications can run on wine. Important is that wine is not an emulator so possible this is why some softs will not be runned unless they are converted. But dont know if such converting exists.
There is a database at their home page : http://appdb.winehq.org/
But i don’t think it have all the apps which can be run on wine! :D
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