Linux. How do I install windows programs with wine?

Question

I want to install a program I just downloaded called ares. Ares is a windows program nd I want to know how to use wine to install the program to my computer.

Note: I already have wine installed on my computer so please dont explain how to install wine since i've done that already.

thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Go to your Command Console and type in Wine and the the file name and location.. good example from a system I have:



#root: wine \home\fakewin\windows\paint.exe



Wine doesn't really emulate windows. It uses interpreters and the win32api to run win32 programs in a native Linux environment.



VMware is good but don't look for hardware acceleration through SDL, ALSA, X11, or other API sublayers.



Other than that read up at http://www.winehq.org and get on a WINE user forum and don't be afraid to ask questions.

Answer 2

Right-click the setup program, select "Open With", and go to "wine." If it is not listed, type "wine" into the window that appears. The setup program will now run.

Answer 3

wine doesn't support all windows program.( not an expert in wine)



I would suggest you use vmware in linux. Vmware allow to install windows operating system in it and you can install other window program to it...

Answer 4

A lot of Windows applications have a file called "setup.exe" that is used to install the actual application. So, if you have a file called "setup.exe" just run "wine setup.exe".