YaST problems, can't install ANY .exe files whatsoever.
 

No idea what's going on. Tried it thousands of times, made sure I have all the software
I need and not missing anything... got updates, looked through administrator settings..... etc.
I give it my root password, it says its scanning the installed packages, then it goes
homo on me. Just freezes up and that's that. NOTHING I do helps. *sobs*

Considering GNU/Linux does not use .exe files, it comes as no surprise you can't install them natively! You need wine or to be running a virtualisation app such as vmware or virtualbox etc.

asdfa
 

I'm not quite sure that's what his problem is. He may just be wanting to say "executables" for Linux and abrieviated.

@InfinitePalindrome - What are you trying to install with Yast?

I'm trying to install .exe files. And I'm worried because since I can't install ANYTHING, how am I supposed to get things like wine?

P.S. I'm a girl.

asdf
 

Ok - there is a difference between Windows executables and UNIX executables. The ".exe" file extension is a Windows convention. Windows executables will not run on a UNIX based system and vise-versa. What you look for is the Linux equivalent package for your system.

In your case, it sounds like you're just trying to run a Windows application in WINE.

Now, is it that WINE isn't working? Or are you trying to click on the .exe file to get it to run?

You shouldn't need to "get" anything like wine as almost every Linux distribution has wine included. Open your file manager in your /home directory and click on "view" and click "show hidden files". The look for the .wine folder. Should be there.

As Galaxy_Stranger said, wine is a Linux program designed to run windows programs on a Linux machine.

Here's their website with all the information you could possibly need.
http://www.winehq.org/

While I would agree that almost every Linux distro has wine available, I have not seen that many that install it by default. So I believe she will have to use yast to install wine and then install the exe via wine.

Last time you made a statement like that you were a woman. What happened?

Now, what have you tried to install and how. Leave out the exaggerations and be specific.

yancek: Checked it and it's not there.

Galaxy_Stranger: I just tried to install wine [in a .rpm file form] and it didn't work because I checked my hidden files again like yancek told me to and it's still not there. This happens with everything I attempt to download. If it's .exe, YaST freezes. If it's any other kind of file, it appears as though I've installed it, but I look further and realize that nothing happened. Just a little blue load bar in a "Downloads" window, which apparently does nothing except look pretty and give you the illusion that you changed something on your computer. ....

billymayday: o_o Woman/girl whatever. I'm female, you get it. -_-

Asd
 

Ok - what version of Linux are you using? OpenSuse?

I don't know what packaging system Suse uses. RPM might not work.

Try: at the command line. Might not hurt to be root.

install: missing destination file operand after `wine'
Try `install --help' for more information.

Uh...
Also, I'm using opensuse 10.3, and it should work for rpm
because whenever I try to use YaST it says
"RPM - scanning installed packages" then freezes shortly after.
I think it usually freezes after something like 'scanning caches'.

yast can take ages. How long are you giving it? Is your opensuse internet connection OK?

aasdf
 

YaST isn't just loading a long time, I know. Whenever I've felt it's been too long and I try to x-out, I get a little window that says "program isn't responding", just like what happens all the time when you watch youtube on firefox. Except you can't reopen it, of course.

Is there a problem with your repositories list, maybe? Eg do the exact names in your repo list file match live repositories? Are the repo sites up?

I just barely understand what you mean.. but here:

openSUSE-10.3-Updates

Main Repository (NON-OSS)

openSUSE-10.3-OSS-Gnome 10.3

Main Repository (OSS)


All these were in a place called "Configured Software Repositories - YaST".

Ok, .exe files will not run in Linux unless you install them with wine, yast will not open exe files. In linux there is a concept called a package manager which downloads and installs software for you, thats what yast does. In addition, there are package files, which are usually .deb or .rpm(there are exceptions like slackware which uses .tgz). Just use YaST to download and install programs for you

I would have thought simply double clicking on the wine rpm file would launch your package manager, you can then proceed with the install from there. If you know how to switch to root in a terminal, do so and type (or copy and paste this command): then press enter.

error: open of wine-1.0-3.2.i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory


Now what? :/

If you have downloaded and saved the wine rpm to your desktop, cut it then paste it into your home folder then do the above command again. If your version of wine is not the same as 1.0-3.2, change the number(s) accordingly when you type the command.

Uhhh........

...

I'm sorry, what? ._.;

Can you see the wine rpm file that you downloaded? If yes, where is it?

you am a guurl so this is the polite version:

openSUSE How to migrate from Windows

openSUSE Concepts containing....

I'm not a fan of openSUSE but one thing they do extremely well is introductory documentation. It exists for a reason.

This might be the politest rtfm post made at lq for quite some time.

doesn't work?

The only place I can see it is in the little "Downloads" window that popped up. It no longer has a loading bar and says 'Done' directly beneath 'wine-1.0-3.2.i586.rpm'. On the right side it says 'Remove' directly beneath 'Open'. When I open it I get some weird archive manager that I have no idea what to do with.

install: missing destination file operand after `wine'
Try `install --help' for more information.

asdf
 

Ok, that sounds like the Firefox download manager...

AT THE COMMAND LINE - type this:

If you can't do that, you don't need to be trying to use windows apps on Linux.

I already told you it doesn't work. And what, is "THE COMMAND LINE" and a terminal different? Or are you just not comprehending that it's not working?

Did you download with firefox? If so, hit the tools menu, then options, and on the main tab, it will tell you where downloads are going (something like Downloads - save files to)

Whoa, let's calm things down a little shall we. The terminal is the name of the commandline application. If I remember correctly unless you change it, firefox downloads direct to your desktop. In your terminal type: and press enter. Now type ls and look for the wine rpm in the list. If you don't see it then it has been saved elsewhere on you system. If you do see it make sure you are in root mode and type either Galaxy_Strangers command or type mine.

Um... ok so, I just got to the little window for "Downloads" that I already had opened. I didn't see anything like " - save files to"

You missed the options step

tools
options
then look at the main tab at the download section

I didn't see it and I checked to see if I had it saved somewhere else by trying to use YaST again. Same result as usual: froze on the "Initializing-..." part, and then I had to 'force quit'. Also,

billymayday: There was no "options" tab. o_o

If you don't mind let's start from scratch. In firefox click on edit then go to preferences and select the main tab. Select Save files to then click browse and select your home folder. Click open (it should now have your download location as /home/<your username>), now click close to close the preference window. Re-download wine. Once that is done you can open a terminal and type either of the previous commands.

....you're just making me go in a circle. Not only were my preferences already downloaded to my home folder location, but just in case I tried downloading wine again. Nothing.

It is not intentional, I'm trying to acertain where you might be going wrong. Have you looked in your home folder to see if the file is actually in there?

*exasperating sigh* Yes. Yes, I have.

Lol, I will try to make this as painless as possible. Close every window, app that you have open at the moment. Open a terminal. Type: su and press enter, type in your root password and press enter. If you have got no errors so far type the following: and press enter. Wine should now begin to install. When install has finished type exit and press enter to return to normal user mode, then close your terminal window.

Depends on the firefox version. If Nexus's suggestion doesn't work, tell us what version you are using

error: open of wine-1.0-3.2.i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory

Waaah!! Everything was working fine up until the installation part was supposed to happen. *sniff* I really had faith this time. ;_;

Firefox 2.0.0.14 Mozilla 5.0

In your terminal do: ls (that's a lowercase L) then post here the full name of the wine file that you see.

There is no wine file.

In your terminal window type exit to return to normal usermode. Now look at the line before your flashing cursor, do you see something like this: yourusername@localhost ~ The ~ sign in the important part, that indicates you are in your home directory.

try from a terminal

find /home -name wine*

Yes. Right after it it goes

:~>

And then the flashing line.

Although eventually we will resolve this problem, I think you would do yourself more justice by reviewing this site recommended by Takla: http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts

Somewhere under the edit menu or the tools menu, there is a preferences or options selection you can choose that will show you where you are downloading stuff to. I don't have version 2 on hand - I have 1.5 and now 3, so I can't tell you exactly where to look.

Other than that, tell us where you are getting the rpm from and I'll show you an alternative method (note rpm can take a url as it's file argument)

For firefox 2.0.0.14:

Edit -> Preferences -> Main Tab -> Always ask me where to save files.

Click this radio button.

Now from http://www.winehq.org/site/download
Download the Suse binary for wine.
It will ask the location where you need to save. give the location to save the file.
Go to the location where you downloaded the wine rpm.
Using rpm command described above many times now, install wine.