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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Is there a way to stream Netflix?
Is there a way to stream Netflix content to my Ubuntu using something like Moonlight?
Looks like there is a ppa now :
http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/ppa-for-netflix-desktop-app.html
and ...
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Wine can't find gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so
I am trying to start a program using wine on Ubuntu LTS 12.04 64 bit
When I do this, I get the following error message...
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: ...
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Wine pollutes “Open With” application list
The dialog box in question here is the one you get with the context menu option "open with other applications". Wine seems to have inserted more than a dozen or so entries for each application I ...
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Microsoft OneNote alternative?
Is there any program for Linux that has about the same functionality and usability as Microsoft OneNote? At the moment I am checking out Basket (for KDE), that seems to point to the right direction, ...
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How to install MS Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9? [duplicate]
I recently started using Ubuntu 11.4 as my primary OS. I’m trying to find a way to run Internet Explorer on it.
Is there a way to install on Linux/wine IE7 or higher versions? I saw only ie4linux ...
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Run .NET 2.0 applications for Win
I am trying to run application for Windows on Ubuntu 11.10
I tried
wine /path/to/file.exe
Error is:
wine: Install Mono for Windows to run .NET 2.0 applications.
I have mono(seems to be not ...
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How to run Windows XP inside Ubuntu
I am trying to convince my wife to switch to Ubuntu (after wanting to reinstall Windows for nth time because the computer is too slow). One thing that prevent her to do that is that she use several ...
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What if I run a virus/trojan Windows EXE on Ubuntu with Wine?
I've got a file said to contain information I was looking for. Unfortunately it is an executable instead of DOC (as it was meant to be) and the site I've download it from looks suspicious for me. If I ...
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How can I install Windows software?
Can ".exe" and ".msi" files (Windows Software) be installed in Ubuntu?
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How can I run Windows applications in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install windows Software in Ubuntu?
How do I run Windows' applications in Ubuntu ?
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The connection of Wine and PlayOnLinux
I'm about to install wine on my new ubuntu 10.10 installation, however I can't determaine if I should install Wine or PlayOnLinux. I've already read over the following page ...
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How to force Wine into acting like 32-bit Windows on 64-bit Ubuntu?
When installing Wine on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04, both 64-bit support and 32-bit support get installed. If I run wine foo.exe where foo.exe is a 64-bit-aware installer, it thinks it's on 64-bit Windows. ...
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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 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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Will wine get intergration into Unity Dash? And if so, how?
Will Natty's Unity Dash have wine integration like the ubuntu-desktop session? It would be nice if it had it's own category for Wine (if installed).
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How to block internet access for wine applications?
Is it possible to prevent specific wine applications or any wine application from accessing the internet? When using certain apps under Windows, they were trying to access the internet from time to ...
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How to view a PE EXE/DLL file version information?
In Windows there is a version information page in an executable/library file properties window. How to view that info in Ubuntu?
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Internet Explorer 8 in Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install MS Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9?
Is it possible to get IE8 running in Ubuntu? It seems quite feasible to me, as I had gotten IE7 to run via Wine awhile ...
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How do I install wine?
Can someone please explain how I can install wine in the following ways?
By using the package manager?
By downloading and installing a pre-built package?
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Risks/Disadvantages associated with Wine
Can wine as a whole or the windows applications installed via wine pose some kind of risk to an Ubuntu installation? This question arose in my mind when I read this answer to my earlier question ...
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Why does Ubuntu fail to run .exe files? / How do I run .exe?
So, I just built my PC today, and am only using Ubuntu until I get Windows installed (sorry, guys!) But when I go to click on any .exe file, nothing happens. It just sits there. No error message, ...
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What can be done to make Wine look more integrated into Unity?
Wine looks like an alien that says "Hello, I am definitely not part of your desktop environment". Many wine applications have no icons and wine itself runs on the ugly-looking windows 95 theme.
Is ...
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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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Installing Wine 1.5: configure: error: Cannot build a 32-bit program, you need to install 32-bit development libraries
Wine Installer v1.0
Warning !! wine binary (still) found, which may indicate
a (conflicting) previous installation.
You might want to abort and uninstall Wine first.
(If you previously tried to ...
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How compatible is Wine with Windows as of today?
Observation shows that some Windows softwares run perfectly on Wine and some
just fail miserably. Rather than trying them out randomly, I wanted to create a
place where we can have some ideas about ...
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How to remove wine completely
How can I remove the wine folder and all the applications in that folder?
I've tried via synaptic but it keeps showing up in the application menu.
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.exe file permission fail
I'm trying to run a exe file that is located on my Vista partition, when I browse to the file and try to change the file to run as executable the tick box unticks itself right after i tick it, i tried ...
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How can I get Kindle for PC working on Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
How do I get Kindle for PC working on Ubuntu 12.04?
Kindle Cloud can't copy paste so that's not a good solution.
The e-books seem to be encoded so that Caliber cannot open them/convert them, so ...
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Photoshop CS2 under Wine 1.4 Messes up Unity Desktop
I'm aware that the general consensus is that Photoshop is at best barely usable under Wine. I'm one of the lucky few that got CS2 (apparently one of the least quirky) running well under Wine 1.4 in ...
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Can Wine support Office 2007?
I tried installing Office 2007 in Ubuntu with Wine but it was throwing an error after installing and also when I tried to open a PowerPoint document and save it. Has anybody gotten Office 2007 ...
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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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Dependency error while installing WINE
Every time I try to install "WINE" VIA the Software Center on Ubuntu 12.10, I get this error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
wine1.4: PreDepends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~) but ...
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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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What is the best way to run iTunes?
I know I could use VirtualBox or VMWare, but does anyone know of a way to run iTunes without having to run Windows virtually on Ubuntu?
Will iTunes run using Wine? Is there a better more native way ...
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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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Couldn't make Angry birds to work on wine
I could run Notepad++ easily but I fail to run the Angry bird exe. Whenever I open the exe, I see one of my screen flickrs a bit (as lines and not the whole screen) and nothing happens. Any ideas?
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How to install Samsung AllShare or recommendations for other DNLA Server options?
How can I install Samsung Allshare ( a windows app) on ubuntu 11.04?
I have tried unsuccessfully using Wine.
Alternatively, can you recommend other DNLA server options?
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Why is Wine not installable on my system?
So I upgraded on a fresh install to Ubuntu 12.10, not beta, and I've tried installing wine many many times now many different ways but the jist of it is this:
This error could be caused by required ...
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How well does MS Word 2007 and MS Power Point 2007 work in Wine?
I would like to use install Ubuntu for a brother, but he needs MS Word and MS Power Point for work.
Open alternatives apart, how well does MS Word 2007 and MS Power Point 2007 work in Wine?
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Wine won't follow Symbolic links
I can't get Wine to follow some symbolic links I have in my home folder or in applications. Is there a way to enable this? This is on Wine-1.5.18.
Edit: Just in case it helps, I'm trying to use a ...
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Will Ubuntu work out on my mother's computer?
My mother had an old Compaq desktop computer running Windows 98, which she used for occasional Web browsing and playing cards. Recently, a relative brought up a newer computer; it ran Windows XP.
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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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Difference between Wine and Mono
As far as I know, both Wine and Mono are used to run Windows applications under Ubuntu.
So I was wondering
what their differences are? Are they both virtual machines? Or does each belong to some ...
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Is wine an emulator or compatibility layer?
Yesterday, I had a hot discussion with one of my friend (Windows user). He said Wine is just an emulator. I said no Wine is read as "Wine is not an emulator". Then he gave me many links including ...
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How to install World of Warcraft?
I need a tutorial on how to install World of Warcraft for Ubuntu.
I use Ubuntu 10.10 64 bit
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What is the proper way to patch Wine for a custom PPA?
I've been manually applying patches to Wine for use on my own machine, but I want to put it in a PPA for my friends and relations.
Currently I follow this procedure:
Get the latest source from an ...
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Is there any way to get AutoHotKey or IronAHK working?
I am very interested in getting AutoHotKey, the windows program for automation of keystrokes, working under Ubuntu. So far I have installed Wine, but am unable to use any of my previous windows ...
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Change Icon of Wine Application in Unity Launcher
I frequently run a windows program with wine. When I open this program it shows up in the unity launcher as wine instead of the actual opened program.
I have made a desktop launcher with the right ...
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How should I respond to 404 errors in winetricks?
I am running into 404 errors using winetricks:
user@host:~$ bash winetricks gdiplus
Executing w_do_call gdiplus
Executing load_gdiplus
Executing mkdir -p /home/user/.cache/winetricks/gdiplus
...
