where to find wine on my computer

saturnrose09 · 08-27-2008, 02:13 PM

Hi i have a asus ee pc ive been wanting to get shockwave on it but was told i need wine first.So i took it to my local computer shop and they installed wine then shockwave player but shockwave will still not work.keeps saying i need to install it.Now i am trying to fine where it has download onto my asus so i can delete it does anyone know.Ive looked under add/remove but its not there.Or does anyone know why it is not working

cmnorton · 08-27-2008, 02:55 PM

Wine probably was not installed correctly. Your PC runs, I believe, a version of Ubuntu. You should be able to install it using your package manager, and if it is installed, you should be able to find it in the menus.

On Kubuntu 8.04 it is under System Settings, Advanced, System Administration.

It sounds like you're going to need to work through this with whatever package manager came with your system.

trickykid · 08-27-2008, 02:57 PM

To my knowledge it won't work natively in browsers (if that's your intent) designed for Linux. I've read somewhere that a guy got Shockwave to work in a browser by installing the Windows version of Firefox after successfully installing Shockwave using WINE.

Infasoft · 08-27-2008, 03:18 PM

Hello there!
To install wine, open the konsole.
run:
sudo apt-get install wine
It will ask you for your password. Let it install.
Then, Download any .exe (Windows Binary file) to your desktop.
open the konsole and run:
cd Desktop
Then, locate your file on the desktop, and run:
wine <DRAG THE DOWNLOADED EXE FILE HERE>
Thats it! Good luck!

saturnrose09 · 08-27-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Infasoft

Hello there!
To install wine, open the konsole.
run:
sudo apt-get install wine
It will ask you for your password. Let it install.
Then, Download any .exe (Windows Binary file) to your desktop.
open the konsole and run:
cd Desktop
Then, locate your file on the desktop, and run:
wine <DRAG THE DOWNLOADED EXE FILE HERE>
Thats it! Good luck!

Hi i dont want to install wine i want to uninstall it but can not find it anywhere on my asus pc

trickykid · 08-27-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by saturnrose09

Hi i dont want to install wine i want to uninstall it but can not find it anywhere on my asus pc

This contradicts your first post? Do you want it or don't you? Did you even check to see if the package is installed?

saturnrose09 · 08-27-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by trickykid

This contradicts your first post? Do you want it or don't you? Did you even check to see if the package is installed?

I did ask in my first post where i can uninstall it so i dont think i contrsdicted myself and no i didnt check if it was on there because i could not find it, And no i dont want it because it did not work.

yancek · 08-27-2008, 06:20 PM

Wine is a hidden directory in you /home/user directory. If you are user saturn, you would open your file manager (don't know what distro you are using?) such as konqueror or nautilus. Navigate to /home/user, click on the 'View' tab at the top and there is a 'view hidden files' option. Click it and you should be able to see .wine.

saturnrose09 · 08-28-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by yancek

Wine is a hidden directory in you /home/user directory. If you are user saturn, you would open your file manager (don't know what distro you are using?) such as konqueror or nautilus. Navigate to /home/user, click on the 'View' tab at the top and there is a 'view hidden files' option. Click it and you should be able to see .wine.

hi have found wine file thanks for your help

saturnrose09 · 08-28-2008, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by saturnrose09

hi have found wine file thanks for your help

i have found wine on my computer but it still wont let me install shockwave anyone know why

trickykid · 08-28-2008, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by saturnrose09

i have found wine on my computer but it still wont let me install shockwave anyone know why

Errors? I thought you wanted to remove WINE? You can't install Shockwave without Wine. And you can't use Shockwave files currently in any native Linux browser, you have to use the standalone player unless you install a Windows based browser within Wine.

saturnrose09 · 08-28-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by trickykid

Errors? I thought you wanted to remove WINE? You can't install Shockwave without Wine. And you can't use Shockwave files currently in any native Linux browser, you have to use the standalone player unless you install a Windows based browser within Wine.

yes i was going to uninsatll it but as i have found it on my computer it thought i would try and download shockwave but it still wont let me.

trickykid · 08-28-2008, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by saturnrose09

yes i was going to uninsatll it but as i have found it on my computer it thought i would try and download shockwave but it still wont let me.

Okay so, you want me to guess what the problem is or are you gonna provide more details, like errors, steps you tried, etc? We're not mind readers you know, anything could be wrong. It could be a little troll inside your computer eating away at your cables for all we know..

saturnrose09 · 08-28-2008, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by trickykid

Okay so, you want me to guess what the problem is or are you gonna provide more details, like errors, steps you tried, etc? We're not mind readers you know, anything could be wrong. It could be a little troll inside your computer eating away at your cables for all we know..

The problem is i took it to a computer shop they installed wine for me but shockwave still wont work i have tried to install firefox for windows but shockwave still wont work. all i wanted was shockwave on my computer dont think ill use linux again to much hassel.

trickykid · 08-28-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by saturnrose09

The problem is i took it to a computer shop they installed wine for me but shockwave still wont work i have tried to install firefox for windows but shockwave still wont work. all i wanted was shockwave on my computer dont think ill use linux again to much hassel.

And yet you still provide zero information for us to help you. Perhaps you need to go read Eric S. Raymonds "How To Ask Smart Questions". And I'm serious if you really want help from anyone on this site and community.