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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Adjusting resolution for individual Wine programs
How can I specify the resolution of a program to 800*600, and for other programs to full screen or other specific resolutions?
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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 do I know if I changed a setting in winetricks
Right now with the Wine 1.3.35 I do not know if I have a setting activated or not, for example:
Here you see an image of the "Change Settings" option in winetricks but they do not appeared marked ...
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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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I can not install wine on Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Can anyone help me to install Wine? I can not install it on Ubuntu 12.10. I always get the following message in the terminal:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine1.5 : Depends: ...
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Uninstall a program installed with Wine
I am using Ubuntu 11.10. By using wine software i installed some software like nimbuzz and ibibo messenger. Both the programs are not working and showing the bug as We're sorry, but an unknown error ...
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How to remove performance lags while playing Ragnarok on Wine?
I have just installed Wine and PlayOnLinux.
Its performance is very lagging when I run the game (Ragnarok) and type my username and password.
How can I improve the performance and remove any ...
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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 do you uninstall wine 1.5?
I installed Wine through the terminal using these commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.5
I know that I've removed at least part of ...
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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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A few questions before I get Ubuntu
I don't really know if this is the right place to ask these questions, but I would like to clear these up. Ok, so, Ubuntu sounds awesome, but I heard it has Wine on it already? If it does, that's ...
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How do I override a dll (without using the winecfg gui) in WINE?
I broke something in my winecfg. Thus, It won't run any Windows apps in wine anymore. (I cannot afford to mv .wine and reinstall).
How do I override a dll using the command line. I disabled ...
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How to download Wine (wine1.5-i386 Broken Package Error)?
I have tried:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.5
and it failed.
The error seems to be:
The following packages have unmet dependencies: ...
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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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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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Installing MS office in Ubuntu without CD-ROM
I wanted to install MS Office in Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. I installed playonlinux and try to follow the Office 2007 installation. But it is asking CD ROM as the source whereas what I have is only setup ...
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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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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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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 to make terminal shortcut with this code in it?
Hi i am not good at terminal shortcuts or anything like that but if someone can give me instructions to make these to commands to a shortcut that will be awesome
cd ...
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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 can I eliminate wine application options from Thunar's context menu?
I have Xfce and in Thunar file association are changing randomly, to wine applications
like jpeg and png to Internet Explorer and mp3 to Windows Media Player. I change it back to gpicview and Totem ...
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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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Sky/Fog/Lighting problems during gameplay GTA San Andreas on Ubuntu Quantal and Intel Mobile 4 Series
during the gameplay, while outside, I get problems in the rendering of what I guess would be lighting and/or weather effects. Even with Effects level to "low". The scenery is rendered properly, no ...
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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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How to add server to the list in Starcraft brood war (Ubuntu, Wine)
I'm running Starcraft via Wine. It runs perfectly, but I don't know how to add an entry to the list of servers. In Windows it's added via reg file.
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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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Uninstalling iTunes in Wine
I've finally managed to install this program only to try and remove iTunes because every time I try to start it up, it gives me the message to reinstall it again and error 7.
How do I uninstall ...
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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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Mindstorms NXT Support [closed]
I have the Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 software working fine on my Windows computer, but I can't get it to work in Ubuntu. I have tried both Wine and PlayOnLinux. This is all that is keeping me from ...
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How does one create a custom application launcher for Wine installed apps?
I'm able to locate stuff with the dash home then drag it down to the launcher bar on the left of the desktop, but what if the application installed via Wine isn't found via the dash search? I've right ...
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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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How to Run Dual Operating Systems, Windows 7 Primary, Ubuntu Secondary
I know how to install two operating systems, but the problem is, I only know how to set it up in a way that requires me to reboot the machine, and selecting an OS to boot up. So pretty much only one ...
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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 ...
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Error when trying to run MongoVUE with mono on Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed mono version 2.10.8.1. Also installed the MongoVUE windows setup in ubuntu.
But when I am trying to run the installed exe file am getting the following error:
Unknown heap type: ...
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Alt Key Functionality broke in Wine program after upgrade to 12.04
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and all ALT key functionality is gone in this Wine program I've been using for years.
The program is elderly, it came out back in 2005, but it's worked beautifully under ...
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Is there a way to install the studio for the Microsoft Lifecam Cinema in ubuntu using Wine? [closed]
This is the link the website driver http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-gb/d/lifecam-cinema (I'm on a 32-bit operating system) and this is the software I'm expecting ...
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wine: x development files not found
I downloaded the wine-1.4-rc5.tar.bz2. I ran the tools/wineinstall in terminal. After some time I get this error.
checking for X... no configure: error: X development files not found.
Wine will be ...
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Online activiation within wine, port 80
I have a program that I simply received as an .exe file. Installation seems to work with wine but it asks to activate the product online. The preset is to use the Internet Explorer settings but as I ...
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Is it possible to run Microsoft Office 2010?
I was curious seeing as how my work uses it, so will it run? or is there a way of getting it to run?
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How do i associate notepad++ to c files [duplicate]
I have notepad++ and wine installed, now how do I make c files be associated with notepad++(by wine of course) so that I double click it and opens in notepad++.
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How to associate file types with wine in nautilus
I have Ubuntu 12.10 with Nautilus 3.4.2.
After installing wine "apt-get install wine" are exe files still associated with the archive manager.
In previous versions of ubuntu I've always right ...
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Rhino 3D 5.0 64bit
I would do anything to get Rhino 5 working on my Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.
First the extension of the file is .msi. I have tried using CrossOver to install it, but failed.
I tried to install it using wine ...
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How to make Nike+ Connect software work in Ubuntu. (Nike GPS Watch)
I am owner of nike+ GPS watch and unfortunately, software (Nike+ Connect) for uploading my running data to Nike+ webpage is made just for Mac and Windows, I tried to install it on Wine but it seems as ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not loading after removing Wine
I used the following command to get rid of Wine on my Ubuntu 12.04 system but instead it got rid of everything!
sudo apt-get remove wine*
Now when I try to load my Ubuntu I get the following:
The ...
