How do you install Windows program on Linux Mandrake?

ryu31 · 01-22-2002, 05:11 PM

Does Windows software has to be Linux compatible in order to
use the program in Linux? I can't install any Windows programs
in Linux. What do I have to type to get the program working? Also, I am a beginner and need help badly...

dj_relentless · 01-22-2002, 07:39 PM

A windows proggy will never work in linux (unless its an old dos proggy). The best you can do is use an alternative (note not emulator)
www.winhq.com , that will answer your question.

dj_relentless · 01-22-2002, 07:39 PM

opps.I meant to write www.winehq.com

trickykid · 01-22-2002, 10:22 PM

you can also look into vmware or win4lin.. instead of running just the program, they run the OS as a virtual OS within linux.

philfighter · 01-24-2002, 09:55 PM

by now yu realize that .exe files DO NOT work in linux...

still, yu can try vmware ... unfortunately it will only run with half the resources...

check out:

http://www.vmware.com/

WINE may work with things like wordpad or notepad but with M$ Office its just not happening...

good luck dude... its ok to ask stupid questions once in a while!

neo77777 · 01-26-2002, 09:47 AM

He-he, but no sarcasm dude, I imagine installing linux progy on windows and see bill loosing his teeth, I remember a couple of years ago I tried to install a zipped archived game written for linux on windows machine, I unpacked the source, and there was the .bin file and others, so I drulled for a sec renamed .bin to .exe double-clicked and wholya - stack overflow error, oops. Bill must be happy seeing this screen he invented all the time.