As a newbie, I started with Linux ubuntu 14.04. I try to avoid using terminal commands. FamilyTreeBuilder was not possible.

After upgrading to ubuntu 14.10 I was able to install (with Q4Wine 1.1-r2) MyHeritage FamilyTreeBuilder sw nearly saccesfully. After installation when I try to open program it tries to make a customer data folder. That will give an error message:
Couldnt make folder: C:\user\peter\My Documents\MyHeritage\

FamilyTreeBuilder does not give any possibility to change the path.

I have SSD (sda = C: ) for Linux and separate HDD (sdb = D: ) for my files. For some reason, I am not allowed to write any files to sda (???).

Can anybody help?
P4sblom 17/02/2015

The best solution for running windows apps on Linux for me is to use Virtualbox. You then install windows in a virtual machine which gives you 100% compatibility.

I can't help with your problem, but webtrees is the genealogy software that I use and recommend. Although it is web based, I run it locally.

Also, the main developer is very active in the forums.

I do not recommend, as your first task in Linux, installing Windows software through Wine. You're just setting yourself up for failure.

There is no C: or D: in Linux, those are Windows terms. Wine creates a "fake" Windows directory structure inside itself with its own C: that the Windows applications can access. The actual location of this C: drive is /home/user/.wine/drive_c/.

You should strive to find a native Linux piece of software that can do what you want. If you can't find one, then I suggest looking into setting up a Windows VM inside Linux for running your Windows software. If you refuse to purchase a Windows license, or if your Linux system is not powerful enough to run Windows in a VM, THEN (and only then), should you start trying to fight with getting your software to run in Wine. Especially since that software, in general, has a pretty poor reputation for compatibility with Wine:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ation&iId=7309

Thanks, but I have a large database already in MyHeritage system, done with FamilyTreeBuilder, so I of cause want to go on with that,
P4sblom

I understand very well that Linux drives are in this case sda and sdb, using Wine C: is /home/user/.wine/drive_c/. Windows program still understands them as C: and D:.
Installation with Wine was no problem. Problem is to get customer database in a path that FamilyTreeBuilder can find.
P4sblom