How to open Exe files with Linux?

Question

I have just bought a new Acer One Netbook with linux but when i tried to download and open antivirus softwear it wont open the files!

Please Help!!

Answer 1

Use ClamAV. It's simple and easy. If you are using KDE, it will have a GUI for you to use.

To install:



1. Go to your package manager. For example, this is called Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu. This is in the settings or system/ administration depending on your Linux system.



2. Type your password if needed.



3. Search for ClamAV



4. Check the box or otherwise do something to install it.



5. After installing, close the window. You may need some extra configuration to make it work.

Answer 2

You do not need a Windows Antivirus. You do not need an antivirus period! Delete it, and install a Linux antivirus, like Avast, or Clam AntiVirus. Or just leave it without installing any. I never got attacked by a virus in Linux. On the other hand, I have been bitten many times by viruses in Windows!



Bill, you're wrong on this point:

Another thing is de-fragmenting the hard drive ... the Linux file system doesn't fragment files in the first place, so a de-frag program is not needed.



Linux doesn't have a defrag program, true, but it does do some sort of defragmentation / cleaning when you start the computer at the beginning when it's running the diagnostics.

Answer 3

Hello Clo;



I read the answers to the other questions ... and it looks like they were all very straight forward -- the information is for the most part correct. Especially the info about WINE.



I wanted to add a couple to thoughts that might make help you to use you computer better.



1. Linux is not the same as MS Windows ... it is very different. In some ways Linux is far better than MS Windows. The key thing to remember is that the things you know about MS Windows might not apply to Linux.



For instance the need for a virus checker (or anti-virus) in Linux is negligible ... LInux is pretty much virus resistant it is made that way. Becuase there is no need for an anti-virus on Linux systems ... the computer runs more efficiently. This is one reason why people often claim the Linux machines are faster ... the machine isn't faster it is just doing fewer operations. It works better.



Another thing is de-fragmenting the hard drive ... the Linux file system doesn't fragment files in the first place, so a de-frag program is not needed.



2. Installing programs in linux is again very different than installing programs is MS Windows. Sometimes it is much more difficult (sometimes it is much easier too).



3. Peripherals, like printers, modems and webcams sometimes don't have Linux drivers and thus will not work. Getting the right peripheral is key.



I hope that helps you understand a little more about Linux ... I recommend you get a "beginner" Linux book.



Down with the Microsoft hegemony!



Bill

Answer 4

You can't just open an exe file with linux, you need to use a program to install an rpm. So your windows virus scanner probably won't work.

You could try avg for linux (free): http://free.avg.com/download?prd=afl

or avast: http://avast.com/eng/download-avast-for-linux-edition.html

Hopefully when you dowload it it will let you open it with an install manager, but if not you'll have to google instructions for your distro of linux - it's a fairly harsh learning curve at this point though i'm afraid.



If you can't do it this way you could ask someone who knows linux well to do it for you, although on the plus side you're alot less likely to get a virus on linux as a) most people don't bother making for linux as there's less people who use linux who are likely to install a virus and b) the way linux is written makes it very difficult to install a virus without you giving it permision to install.



edit: also, please ignore the wine comments. the way an anti-virus works means you can't use wine emulation to run it, it wouldn't find any viruses!

Answer 5

Has just stepped into Linux, is inevitable that sometimes the use of resources like Windows procedures, Wine provides a procedure used to run the Windows platform.



Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) [that is, Wine is not just a simulator] is an X and UNIX-based, Windows 3.x and Windows APIs realized. It is a Windows compatibility layer, in simple words, is a Windows emulator, this provides a layer that is used to from the Windows source access to the UNIX Development Kit (Winelib), also provides a program loader, the loader without any changes to allow Windows 3.1/95 / NT binary file, you can run on Intel Unix and its derivatives under version. Wine can work in most versions of UNIX, including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, because it is an entirely 100% composed of free code, you can choose to achieve, but it can use the local system DLLs, if they can be used so. Wine is completely open-source release, and is issued free of charge.



Wine's official site is here（http://www.winehq.com/）, although you can on its official site to download the source code, compile their own configuration, but this process but relatively cumbersome!



Jacky

Answer 6

setting up WINE (domicile windows DLL's for linux) will run many domicile windows courses on linux. besides the undeniable fact that photoshop CS isn't supported besides. there is likewise crossover workplace and cedega (that are easily in basic terms branches of WINE) you're enormously lots SOL in case you like photoshop CS to run on any linux based working gadget.

Answer 7

.exe files are (typically) for the Windows operating system. These are of no use in Linux.



You need a Linux anti-virus application.

Answer 8

You cannot run .exe files in Linux, .exe files are Windows Executables. However if you use a program called Wine, it might work.