Hello

I would like to run a windows file; multisim on my Linux box. I have WINE installed on my ubuntu box. Is there an ideal place to install the .exe and all the .dll and config files within the ubuntu file structure, or should I just make a directory any old place and put the program there?

Where are most executeable files installed in Linux?

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The short snarky answer is, where the wine docs tell you to. It's been a long time since I've used wine, but, as I recall, within wine there is a mock-up of the Windows file structure. That's where they would go.

Here are the Ubuntu pages on using wine. They are a bit dated, but I doubt anything significant has changed.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

completetly correct.
you can also install window installer things the windows way with wine, and that's where they go.

How about placing these things under /opt?

It is a self containing program and it is not intended to run under GNU, but under Wine.
I would say this description fit's well for something that should go into /opt in the file hiarchy.

Personally I have a 10gb partition for /opt. Not much is used though, but I expect it to be an important location. Some things are already there and can easily be shared between distroes. Not sure about what I will do with my Windows XP and Windows 7 virtual machine. I would also put those in /opt, but they are too big. I would need to increase the size of my /opt which would be difficult to justify as /opt is not something I use a whole lot.

I think perhaps I will drop my virtual box images under /mnt instead. It doesn't feel quite right, as /opt would be better, but for now it will have to be the solution.

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Wine is designed to work per user, so I reflect that in where I locate any Windows .exe's - they go somewhere under my home folder. If it's a Windows installer, Wine will direct the actual program to be in an appropriate folder also under your home folder.

In general on Linux desktops I would say don't put programs outside your home folder manually. Let package managers, install scripts, make install, and so on put their programs in the appropriate folder.

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