is there anyway of running windows software on linpus linux lite???

xpk3 · 02-16-2009, 09:57 PM

forget that last post i didnt read yours fully

i guess ill have to lol, thanks for all your help thou

xpk3 · 02-16-2009, 10:47 PM

ok i downloaded wine from this site the version 1.1.15. ive successfully extracted it all from the compressed box and opened the readme file and now im stuck. could you please use your vast knowledge to help me... again

Ranguvar · 02-16-2009, 11:05 PM

Sorry, but I believe Dolphin is multi-platform, including Linux? Are there problems with the Linux version?

And where are you stuck with Wine? The instructions in the README are simple, just run ./tools/wineinstall.

Is there a Wine package for your distro? Use that instead if there is one..

xpk3 · 02-16-2009, 11:08 PM

okies

it comes up with this

Code:

[user@localhost wine-1.1.15]$ ./tools/wineinstall
Wine Installer v1.0

Running configure...

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/mnt/home/Desktop/wine-1.1.15':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

Configure failed, aborting install.

Ranguvar · 02-16-2009, 11:13 PM

You don't have a C compiler installed. Does your distro offer one (GCC) as a package?
Does your distro offer Wine as a package? (Better)
Can you just compile Dolphin for Linux (Even better)
Does your distro offer Dolphin as a package? (Best)

xpk3 · 02-16-2009, 11:15 PM

i dont exactly know, is there anything i cant do to find these out?

Ranguvar · 02-16-2009, 11:19 PM

No idea. I can't find much (any?) documentation on their site, or any ways of seeing what packages they offer. It appears that my suspicions of Linpus being garbage for more than basic stuff were right. Try using yum to search through their repos.

xpk3 · 02-16-2009, 11:34 PM

probably gonna sound like the thickest person ever but how exactly do i use yum?

Ranguvar · 02-16-2009, 11:36 PM

Nope, not the thickest person ever by a long shot

Just please Google - if you do and still can't figure something out, that's fine, say so.

This should still be relevant to your distro: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/D...anagementGuide
And when in doubt, read the manual: man yum

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-17-2009, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ranguvar

...It appears that my suspicions of Linpus being garbage for more than basic stuff were right...

How so? Have you used an Acer One? From the above statement it appears not! Why spread FUD about a product you've never tried?

@xpk3: Take a deep breath and slow down a little

Follow these instructions to prepare your Acer One:

Install software in the Linux version of Acer's Aspire one. If you have any questions or get stuck post a query in this thread.

xpk3 · 02-17-2009, 09:36 AM

ive found the add/remove software. do i search for the software i want to install or is it listed?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-17-2009, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpk3

ive found the add/remove software. do i search for the software i want to install or is it listed?

Yes the first thing to do is search for dolphin or wine or anything else you want to install.

xpk3 · 02-17-2009, 09:46 AM

ok searched for wine and im installing all the results, well everything that says wine in

xpk3 · 02-17-2009, 09:51 AM

how exactly do i run wine now?

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 02-17-2009, 10:00 AM

I'm all for helping you, but you have to at least try and help yourself first. Googling for answers is a good start

Anyways look in your menu system for wine, see if you have wine configurator in the list, run it to create a fake winblows environment.

Once that is done, download the Dolphin exe and single or double click it. Wine will automatically launch the setup.