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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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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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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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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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 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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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 ...
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Error pop up while I installing WINE
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 and My CPU is 32 bits architecture
I use the following code as suggested by @Solomon Hodge at Dependency error while installing WINE
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
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Wine 1.5 Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
When I run sudo apt-get wine1.5 I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
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How do I run a python script with Wine?
I'm using Calibre to manage my ebooks and I'm trying to install a plugin that will allow me to manage library books that I get through Adobe Digital Editions via Wine. I've got everything installed, ...
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Photoshop on WINE 1.4
I've encountered a problem that seems it didn't happen to anyone other than me :s I've Downloaded PS CS6 and Installed it with no problems, When I try to launch it via WINE 1.4 it freezes on "Scannin ...
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Compiling patched Wine from git
I'm attempting to install SW:TOR on 12.10 and from what I've read I need to compile Wine with a patch in order to run it. These were the commands I used:
sudo apt-get install git
git clone ...
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When i run nfs most wanted game using wine the game is slow and has lag.Any fix for this.? [closed]
System config:
2GB ram
80GB HDD
Dual boot (ubuntu+windows XP SP2)
Wine version: 1.4
Processor : Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz
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Is there a virtual machine with direct access to CPU and GPU for gaming?
Sorry for the long question.
With the coming of Steam for Linux I may have been over optimistic and got rid of windows installation.
The problem is that I have about 100 Steam games that are not (and ...
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Wine won't run ANYTHING
When trying to run an .exe on my Linux machine it doesn't do anything, when I try run it from a terminal I get:
Log file is being written to `C:\users\plwjr\Temp\4StoryGSP20130308_Downloader.exe.log`
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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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Distorted and sped up audio in Wine 1.4 while using Spotify on Ubuntu 12.04
I have two applications that run through Wine that will sometimes get horribly distorted and "sped forward" (I can see in Spotify that the files are played back much faster than they should be). I ...
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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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SWTOR playonlinux waning slow RemoteRender problem
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I want to play SWTOR by POL. I'm using nVidia gt550m 2GB, got bumblebee so im starting POL by terminal:
$ optirun playonlinux > start the game.
Game is loading but it ...
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AMD Radeon GPU only uses 384MB VRAM instead of +2GB dedicated video-memory
for some reason a majority if not all games are limited to only 384MBs of video memory (VRAM) instead of it's full 2048MB dedicated memory. I read somewhere that disabling "Sych with VBlank" in the ...
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Wine notification icons only appear on one display
This seems like it's probably a known bug, though I can't imagine what the issue is -- Wine notification icons (Steam) only appear on one of my displays at a time. All others appear on both displays.
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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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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 do I make a Wine app detect my microphone?
I have Rosetta Stone 3 installed on Wine 1.4.1, the installation works flawlessly and I have added the language too. The problem is my built-in microphone not detected. I have checked on Sound ...
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How to improve GUI and font appearance of programs installed under CrossOver?
This can be done in Wine but can it be done in CrossOver?
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Cannot install wine and playonlinux due to 404 errors?
As the title says I am a Ubuntu 12.04 user without any particular unix experience. I am a (somewhat rusty) fully qualified MSCE engineer who has made the mistake of switching to management :-).
I ...
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Cant run apps fullscreen with wine
I am running ubuntu 12.10 and when I am using wine 15. something then when I try to run world of warcraft on fullscreen, then the unity sidebar remains there. When i run league of legends, then it is ...
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“Dead” shortcuts in Installed Application lens
I installed some programs using Wine, so I could get the hang of how Wine works, I then uninstalled the programs, but I now have "dead" generic "toolbox" icons left in the Installed Applications lens. ...
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Excel 2010: The program EXCEL.EXE has encountered a serious problem (macros and hyperlinks)
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and have installed Offce 2010 following this solution (based on wine). When using Excel, everything works fine except when I do the following:
click on a hyperlink
run a ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 just Killed Wine & ZSNES
My system just did a partial upgrade. I was busy doing something else so just let it get on with things.
Now it has removed Wine and ZSNES and won't allow me to reinstall them! Is there a way to ...
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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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How to solve unmet dependencies while Wine installation? [duplicate]
I am getting the following error when I am trying to install Wine Windows Program Loader in Ubuntu 12.04:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine1.4: PreDepends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~) ...
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Can't uninstall apps that are being used on wine
I recently installed wine so that I could play midtown madness 2 on it but when I installed midtown madness and ran it, it crashed so now I want to uninstall it but I can't is there a way I can get ...
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How to install Rynga voip on Ubuntu 12.04?
I am a regular user of Rynga voip. I installed the software with wine, I could install it almost but it starts crashing repeatedly and it has created many processes. Is there any way out to install ...
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wine dependencies
I'm trying to install wine but there are a lot of dependencies, which I can't remove.
If I choose no, them even more dependencies are asked to be removed.
Any idea how to install it?
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playonlinux installation failed how do I fix it? [duplicate]
So I was installing playonlinux as I wanted iTunes. I typed in the terminal sudo apt-get install playonlinux and it went well. But I can't find it on my laptop anywhere. When I try to install it again ...
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How do I run software as an administrator using Wine/PlayonLinux?
Today I was wondering if I could run a Program I installed on a virtual drive as an administrator?
I installed Cain and Abel on this drive, When I run the program it works fine. But in order for it ...
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Install a software throe wine on ntfs partition
I have a question I want to install windows software, but I do not have enough space on ext4 partition, so if I install the software on ntfs directory will the software run as it would run on ext/home ...
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How Do I Get Rid of “Broken NVIDIA RandR detected, falling back to RandR 1.0”?
My short question is:
How do I get rid of the RandR error below, while still using a proprietaty nVidia driver package (e.g. 304) ?
The gore follows.
A fresh install of wine 1.5 (latest, from ...
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How can I fully maximize wine applications?
In wine, my maximized applications retain the bar at top with title and minimize/maximize buttons. This duplicates the Ubuntu global menu and costs me precious screen space on my laptop. I would like ...
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syncing folders between wine and windows for foobar2000
I use foobar2000 on windows to manage and play my music and and looking to get foobar2000 working under wine on ubuntu. Ive gotten the program to run fine and am just looking for a way to not have to ...
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Why internet explorer 6 trying to save all webpages?
I have successfully installed IE 6 using playonlinux, but I'm unable to browse any site. when I'm entering any address in the address bar, following message is pops up
You are downloading the ...
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Cannot save in Microsoft Office under Wine
Every single time I try to save, in any of the programs, I get two sequential "Enterprise Setup" windows (installation-style), then failure to save, and then a whole bunch of warnings about templates ...
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How to make a device (With a Windows application on it) ask to install a program on Wine?
Ok, lets say I insert a HTC phone into my laptop.
On Windows, it says:
Would you like to install HTC sync manager?
Yes Or No.
And I would click 'Yes'. But On Ubuntu it does nothing like ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS terminal removed
I have been using wine for a while now but it started showing some problems a few days ago so i used this command to remove it
sudo apt-get purge wine\*
now my system has none of the in built ...
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How to open .docx files on Ubuntu?
I am unable to view images in .docx on Ubuntu. I have Ubuntu 10.10 and OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 (ooo-build 3.2.1.4, Ubuntu package 1:3.2.1-7ubuntu1.1)
Is there any tool to read .docx? Please note that I ...
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Can't seem to get Wine to install “Package dependencies cannot be resolved”
Just built a new computer. Been using ubuntu for years now and was naturally what I put on the new box.
Tried to install Wine through the "Ubuntu Software Center" but got "Package dependencies cannot ...
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Java Internet explorer 7 update
Unfortunately I have to use Internet explorer (7) through wine in ubuntu 12.04. The other browsers don't work with this website. But some java updates are required to open some pop up windows. there ...
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Wine Auto drive assign/add on connection
As the title states, how do you make wine auto add a drive when a USB is connected. I need this as I am creating a windows software for a user(s) who cannot use winecfg e.t.c.
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How do I change screen resolution in Dosbox through Wine?
My old DOS game (Tomb Raider I) installs and then runs fine with Wine by making use of Dosbox. Everything works (keys, audio, full screen) but I am unable to adjust the resulting screen resolution.
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Bad performance in Dota2, AMD drivers fault or Wine fault?
Tried to play Dota 2 through Wine and got terrible performance, is it AMD drivers fault or generally Wine fault?
If it's AMD drives fault, does NVIDIA have better drivers for linux based systems?
My ...
