installing windoze apps using wine

markslaw · 09-29-2014, 01:56 PM

I'm trying to install Lotus Smart Suite on my Kubuntu box using wine. The install fails because linux doesn't use the infernal registry that windoze does. Is there a workaround anybody is aware of?

Thanks.

yancek · 09-29-2014, 03:37 PM

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Is there a workaround anybody is aware of?

It does have the registry in wine, the link to winehq below would be a good starting point.

https://www.winehq.org/docs/wineusr-guide/using-regedit

jefro · 09-29-2014, 03:44 PM

Yes, wine does use a registry that should mimic windows.

You should not need to edit the registry.

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...cation&iId=311

Maybe we ought to start with exactly which version of SmartSuite you have and exactly how you tried to install it?

John VV · 09-29-2014, 07:40 PM

wine installs a version of "regedit.exe"
to edit the wine version of the " MS system registry "

How are you trying to install it ???

please be very specific on the commands you are using
also dose wine really work ?
in the menu there should be a listing for wine and the "c" drive
and to open the windows explorer to view that "fake" c drive

DavidMcCann · 09-30-2014, 11:24 AM

If you go to winehq.org and search for Lotus Smart Suite, you can fin information. One person says

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Before you can install the Lotus Smartsuite 9.8 it is necessary to install a database driver for Windows.
I installed the MySQL ODBC Connector for Windows. This program can be downloaded from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc
I use Lotus Wordpro, Lotus Approach and sometimes Lotus123.
I consider this applications to be useable with wine.