is there any where to run .exe in linux?

[jojoG]

i am puzzled when i got an exe file that is suppose for linux... and i dunno how to open it... can anyone please tell me how.... if there is a way to do it.. thanks

[deathadder]

there not exe files in the windows sense but to run a program you can open a terminal, and just type the program name, for instance if you wanted to run emacs you could open bash, or the shell of your choice' and simply type emacs and hit enter this would run the program, if you get a error message like 'command not found' you may need to include the whole path for instace '/etc/emacs/emacs' if you can not find where the program's installed you can do the following

type 'su' <enter root password>
then type 'updatedb' <hit enter, this can take a few minutes>
then type 'su <username>' <this will make you a normal user again>
then finally type 'slocate <progam name>' <and hit enter this will find the file and give the full path for instance /etc/emacs/emacs>

HTH

[theARE]

Originally posted by jojoG
i am puzzled when i got an exe file that is suppose for linux... and i dunno how to open it... can anyone please tell me how.... if there is a way to do it.. thanks

If it's a file with .exe, then it's a windows file. Linux dosent use exe files. If your trying to run a windows program on linux you might try running it under wine do:


wine --version

to see if you have wine installed, if you do type

wine [program_name].exe

whether it works or not depends on what program it is. ave a look for the program on

http://appdb.winehq.com

to see how well it works with wine.