dbnoll03
04-05-2001, 09:56 PM
I really like Linux, but I can't live without my games. But unfortunatly they are Windows games. I heard of WINE, a Windows emulator, so I went to www.winehq.com (http://www.winehq.com) and downloaded it. You have to understand I just installed linux yesterday so I don't know anything about it. I am using Linux-Mandrake PowerPack Deluxe. So how do I install WINE. I need some very newbie instructions. I installed the RPM but when I click on the file it just does nothing. Help! :confused:
Tyr-7BE
04-05-2001, 10:42 PM
WINE is best used from the command line. Type the command "wine <filenamewithpath>". For example, if I needed to run MS Word, it would be something along the lines of "wine "/mnt/windows/Program Files/MSOffice/winword.exe"". If the path to the file has spaces in it (eg. "Program Files"), some " " around the path will fix it (as in the example).
If WINE tells you that it hasn't been configured yet, there's a program called "winesetup" that you can download that configures it beautifully. Hope this helps :)