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Old 04-24-2005, 02:03 AM   #1
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hey there is a problem with wine


which ever exe i click on it pops up a msg saying that the program was not found pls help me out
i also want to know if i can install windows based program in linux using wine
 
Old 04-24-2005, 11:19 AM   #2
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.exe files do not work natively in Linux - they are for Windows. Wine can help with some programs, you would do
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wine /path/to/program.exe
www.winehq.com
www.frankscorner.org are 2 very good start points.
 
Old 04-24-2005, 12:52 PM   #3
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i just forgot to mention that earlier things used to work fine .i just used to click on exe from my browser and it was launched
 
  


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