Wine is a software compatibility layer that allows Windows programs to be run on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.
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How do I get Graboid to work
I recently switched to Linux & Ubuntu, very glad I did. ( Good bye MS!)
Although I have allot of knowledge of Windows,I am a noob when it comes to Linux. I have Wine installed etc. Have tried ...
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How to make a wine shortcut for an .application file
I have a windows app that uses the .application extension. I can open it in Thunar by double clicking it, or R-Click and open with rundll32. I want to create a .desktop shortcut to open this so I can ...
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Can Wubi 12.10 installation be overwritten, but retain the wireless configuration?
First time Ubuntu user. I installed Wubi 12.10 and managed to configure the wireless OK using great forum posts. Then tried to install Wine before doing a Ubuntu update. Got error message of "missing ...
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What kind of harware configuration choose for a game-oriented Ubuntu PC? [closed]
I am considering buying newer hardware for my Ubuntu-only Box. The main purpose of the PC is gaming, mainly Humble Bundle games, some old Windows games with wine and web-based games (the facebook ...
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New to Ubuntu, trying to install and run WoW MOP & LoL
I am new to Ubuntu Linux, just came from windows 7 after a recommendation from one of my guild mates on GW2. Sadly I should have grilled him more on how to install all of the games and run them. I ...
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Unable to install Netflix
I have tried to install Netflix but I get stuck
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop
after the 3rd command I get a disclaimer but ...
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How do I run in Wine a program installed from an msi?
I have installed a .msi file with wine, by right-clicking on it and selecting "run with Wine". Wine has apparently succesfully installed the application: now how am I supposed to run it?
I have typed ...
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Unity WebPlayer - BSGO [duplicate]
I switched from windows to linux. I'm currenty running on the latest release of ubuntu. Long ago, I played a game called "Battle Star Galactica Online" and in order to play BSGO It requires the unity ...
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Associate file extension with wine program run through PlayOnLinux wrapper
I suspect this may not be doable, but is there a way for me to associate a given file extension (in this case, .ppt or .pptx files) with a program run through Wine with the PlayOnLinux wrapper ...
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Getting Star Wars - Rogue Squadron working on linux
I've tried using mupen64plus and project64 2.0 under wine, but both have failed to run correctly. The video is completely blank, although the audio seems to run fine. Even when I fullscreen the ...
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Photoshop CS6 with WINE
I'm trying to install Photoshop using the instructions on http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=25607 but right after the final Install Screen starts I get:
here's the ...
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Lubuntu Wine IDM set up with Chromium help needed
i'm very new to this forum and to linux. switching from Windows OS is tough at the start and i'm having few problems. i installed Lubuntu because i've old system. i totally love it but i have one ...
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Game won't run in PlayOnLinux
I have been working to install Age of Empires 2 using PlayOnLinux. However, when I try to run it, wine crashes. I attempted to install a patch, according to a website I found.
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How to install the mysql connector for C#?
I installed Wine and now I have setup Mono & .NET
When I try to compile the next sentence, I get an error because I don't have the MySQL connector installed on my system.
using ...
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Windows Program fails to open file
I´ve just installed SONAR LE 8.5.1 on my Ubuntu 12.10 machine. And, against my expectations, it works complete fine! Except for one thing:
When I record something, SONAR is getting the audio-data and ...
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Can I change my stock amd fan speed?
I have an amd a4-5300, and it it running loud. I remember my last amd stock fan being silent. I can't change it in my bios, and I see that it might be possible to do through Ubuntu when googling. I ...
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How to add a no-CD crack to Age of Empires 2 in wine?
I have recently been trying to get Age of Empires 2: The conquerors running on my computer. I managed to get it installed, however, when I try to play it the loading screens comes up and then wine ...
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Can't run an .exe file unless I'm in its directory
I'm running Quantal 32-bit with Wine 1.4.1 installed. I have a particular .exe file of an old game (Aliens vs Predator Gold Edition) that runs flawlessly, but it refuses to run unless I am in its ...
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games arent being launch by wine
I want to install 18 wheels of steel Across America on my machine, wine install the program, but its not loading the game.
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Then i close the explorer window, and ...
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How to get teamviwer voip work
i'm using ubuntu 12.10 and teamviewer8 ,
it's work perfect with remote controlling stuff , but when i want to use its Voip with meeting it said to me : please connect a microphone and please connect ...
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Is Netflix-Desktop down for everyone? [duplicate]
Netflix-Desktop isn't working currently. Every time I select a movie to play I get asked if I would like to install silverlight. I believe Firefox updated itself but am not sure. I did
apt-get ...
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32 bit Wine in 64 bit PC running Ubuntu 64 bit Precise
As I'm using dotnet20, I've setup a WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 with WINEARCH=win32 (as per question 'Installing dotnet2,0 on 64 bit machine'). I saw in above question (How to install 32 Bit Wine on 64 Bit ...
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Remove Deleted wine Shortcuts from the dash [duplicate]
My dashe / unity menu is full with wine shortcuts that are removed from the system even more I deleted .wine prefix folder. but sadly shortcuts are there and they look like this
so is there a way ...
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None of my games are working in wine 1.5
I have been trying to download and play World of Warcraft, and play Stronghold (disk game) but neither are working. My wine is version 1.5.28. I have seen on WineHQ's AppDB that both work for others, ...
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Running Age of Empires 2 in Linux
I've been recently trying to play Age of Empires 2 on my Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS computer. However, I can't seem to get it to work with any method i found on the computer. I've tried Playonlinux, ...
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Can't get to install Photoshop on 12.10 with wine
I'm trying to install either CS5 or CS6 with no luck. I get an error before the installation starts.
err:winediag:xrandr12_init_modes Broken NVIDIA RandR detected, falling back to RandR 1.0. Please ...
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How to get 'AutoTap' working on Ubuntu?
I've been trying to get AutoTap for Windows v.3.1 working with Ubuntu 12.04 and Wine. It seems to install OK, but when I start AutoTap it tells me that there are no USB ports available. There is 1 of ...
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PES 2013 via Wine on Ubuntu 12.10
I've finally got the game to work on Ubuntu. The thing is it's slow.
This game is the only thing keeping me from totally moving from Windows 8 to Ubuntu 12.10
I would like to get rid of Windows 8 by ...
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Wine on Linux Mint vs Wine on Ubuntu [closed]
Is there a difference in performance between the 2 distro's? Like running games faster?
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Change office file associations to MS Office 2010
I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on my HP Pavilion g6 laptop. Post installation I installed MS Office 2010 through wine. By default all office files viz. xls/x, doc/x, ppt/x are associated ...
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How to play Ragnarok Online in Ubuntu 12.10
I've recently updated from 11.10 to 12.10 Ubuntu. In 11.10 I was able to play Ragnarok Online (private server) with no problem under wine. However, once I updated I've been completely unable to play ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit does not start after installation of MS Office 2010 through PlayOnLinux
Booting starts normally but before going to login screen screen turns black and thereafter stays frozen. I tried to recover the system through recovery mode by going to command line interface:
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How can I run Corel Draw?
I have purchased Corel Draw and I am required to use it for school. Can I install this program on my Ubuntu system or is my Windows machine the only option here? I do have Inkscape and love it but I ...
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How to run freegate 7.39 in ubuntu 12.10 by wine 1.4.1
I get used to freegate to bypass internet in windows. I checked some websites as this
to configure it. But when I run it by wine, wine starts and then disappears after some seconds. What's your ...
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wine install problem
$ sudo apt-get install wine
[sudo] password for hergul:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may ...
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Can't get Office 2010 to run under Wine
I can't get Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student to install on Ubuntu 12.10 under the latest version of Wine. I've tried both the 32- and 64 bit installers but they both fail about two thirds of the ...
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How can i open the .auz (Authorization File) to Authorize Ableton live 8.2.2
I want first to say that i am completely new to Ubuntu,i installed it one week ago. I already watched the solutions to this problem and tried them all: i checked on system32 that all the necessary ...
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How to keep wine from creating directories in my home directory?
I have got a wine installtion with a couple of games, most of which work fabulously. However, wine creates directories in my home for the player data, saves, etc.
Is there a way to have those in ...
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Alt-gr (right alt) key does not work to edit text in Wine
Using Msoffice in Wine with some keyboard layouts (e.g. us_international) that involve letters that need the Alt Gr key, I have noticed that it does not work. But then the problem affects all keyboard ...
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Mount an ISO image in Wine?
I need to install some program in wine, which require to access a mounted ISO image. Whenever I mount an ISO image in Nautilus, in which drive it mounted in Wine?
For some programs which can find the ...
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I can't install wine on ubuntu 12.10 32bit [duplicate]
I get the following error when installing wine
sudo apt-get install wine1.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could ...
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Netflix wont work without NEW silverlight update [duplicate]
ive looked through the answered questions here and none of the solutions work. I'm running Ubuntu 12.10, 64 bit on a System 76 lemur ultra.
netflix was working fine up until about 2 or 3 days ago, ...
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How do I fix Netflix requiring Silverlight update?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit, which I installed using the original release (not the newer 12.04.2 release), and have been successfully using netflix-desktop ever since the ppa:ehoover/compholio ...
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Removing MS office 2007 icons from the Dash [duplicate]
I'm an Ubuntu noob and tried to install MS office in wine, but couldn't get it to work. So I removed office but the icons are still in the dash. When I try to right click them it says nothing. Any ...
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 via Wine on Ubuntu 12.10
I've tried installing PES 2013 via wine. It worked, the installation process is finished.
The game doesn't run correctly.
The game reads my VRAM as 128 MB, mine is 512 MB. I think I must install the ...
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How to properly install PlayOnLinux, all the drivers, etc?
I am (re)installing Ubuntu 12.04 now, and I'd like to ask what things I have to install to properly run games with PlayOnLinux? I mean do I need to install some kind of graphics driver, or DirectX, ...
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Netflix requires Silverlight update message [duplicate]
Can someone please give me some help updating? I've tried running the Silverlight exe via wine but that didn't work...
Any ideas?!
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Activate Office 2010 running in PlayOnLinux with a KMS server
Is it possible to activate a volume licensed copy of Microsoft Office installed using PlayOnLinux with my organisation's Key Management server?
The installation with PlayOnLinux worked flawlessly but ...
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Connection failed message when installing wine
When installing Wine in 12.10 I get the following message:
Err http://np.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main fonts-unfonts-core all 1.0.3.is.1.0.2-080608-5ubuntu1
Connection failed
Failed to ...
