[SOLVED] installing software on linux

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 06:39 AM

Chaps, I am trying to install LDOCE5 on ubuntu. It is all done, but it doestn' run properly and I wonder if anybody can help me at all.
When I open the application it says that there is a problem with WINE. It says the application has encountered a serious error and needs to close - sounds too much like windows!
The it goes on saying that "this can be caused by a problem in the program or deficiency in wine and to check the application database to find a solution". The application database site is this http://appdb.winehq.org/ and I am not sure how it can help me.
ALso, on that error windows there is a show details button that, when clicked brings up this:

Code:

0x00000000: -- no code accessible --
Modules:
Module	Address			Debug info	Name (80 modules)
PE	  240000-  247000	Deferred        plc4
PE	  400000-  e85000	Export          ldoce5
PE	30000000-30027000	Deferred        nspr4
ELF	7b800000-7ba15000	Deferred        kernel32<elf>
  \-PE	7b810000-7ba15000	\               kernel32
ELF	7bc00000-7bcc3000	Deferred        ntdll<elf>
  \-PE	7bc10000-7bcc3000	\               ntdll
ELF	7bf00000-7bf04000	Deferred        <wine-loader>
ELF	7dd7e000-7dd82000	Deferred        libnvidia-tls.so.295.40
ELF	7de75000-7dfa9000	Deferred        wined3d<elf>
  \-PE	7de80000-7dfa9000	\               wined3d
ELF	7dfa9000-7dfe2000	Deferred        d3d9<elf>
  \-PE	7dfb0000-7dfe2000	\               d3d9
ELF	7dff8000-7e02c000	Deferred        uxtheme<elf>
  \-PE	7e000000-7e02c000	\               uxtheme
ELF	7e02c000-7e032000	Deferred        libxfixes.so.3
ELF	7e032000-7e03d000	Deferred        libxcursor.so.1
ELF	7e0b7000-7e0e1000	Deferred        libexpat.so.1
ELF	7e0e1000-7e115000	Deferred        libfontconfig.so.1
ELF	7e115000-7e125000	Deferred        libxi.so.6
ELF	7e125000-7e12e000	Deferred        libxrandr.so.2
ELF	7e12e000-7e138000	Deferred        libxrender.so.1
ELF	7e138000-7e13e000	Deferred        libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF	7e13e000-7e160000	Deferred        imm32<elf>
  \-PE	7e140000-7e160000	\               imm32
ELF	7e160000-7e167000	Deferred        libxdmcp.so.6
ELF	7e167000-7e188000	Deferred        libxcb.so.1
ELF	7e188000-7e1a2000	Deferred        libice.so.6
ELF	7e1a2000-7e2d6000	Deferred        libx11.so.6
ELF	7e2d6000-7e2e8000	Deferred        libxext.so.6
ELF	7e303000-7e396000	Deferred        winex11<elf>
  \-PE	7e310000-7e396000	\               winex11
ELF	7e396000-7e3ac000	Deferred        libz.so.1
ELF	7e3ac000-7e446000	Deferred        libfreetype.so.6
ELF	7e44b000-7e451000	Deferred        libuuid.so.1
ELF	7e451000-7e45a000	Deferred        libsm.so.6
ELF	7e461000-7e559000	Deferred        comctl32<elf>
  \-PE	7e470000-7e559000	\               comctl32
ELF	7e559000-7e5c3000	Deferred        shlwapi<elf>
  \-PE	7e570000-7e5c3000	\               shlwapi
ELF	7e5c3000-7e7d4000	Deferred        shell32<elf>
  \-PE	7e5d0000-7e7d4000	\               shell32
ELF	7e7d4000-7e861000	Deferred        msvcrt<elf>
  \-PE	7e7f0000-7e861000	\               msvcrt
ELF	7e861000-7e889000	Deferred        msacm32<elf>
  \-PE	7e870000-7e889000	\               msacm32
ELF	7e889000-7e8fe000	Deferred        rpcrt4<elf>
  \-PE	7e890000-7e8fe000	\               rpcrt4
ELF	7e8fe000-7ea06000	Deferred        ole32<elf>
  \-PE	7e910000-7ea06000	\               ole32
ELF	7ea06000-7ea1f000	Deferred        version<elf>
  \-PE	7ea10000-7ea1f000	\               version
ELF	7ea1f000-7eadc000	Deferred        gdi32<elf>
  \-PE	7ea30000-7eadc000	\               gdi32
ELF	7eadc000-7ec1c000	Deferred        user32<elf>
  \-PE	7eaf0000-7ec1c000	\               user32
ELF	7ec1c000-7ecc9000	Deferred        winmm<elf>
  \-PE	7ec20000-7ecc9000	\               winmm
ELF	7ecc9000-7eceb000	Deferred        iphlpapi<elf>
  \-PE	7ecd0000-7eceb000	\               iphlpapi
ELF	7eceb000-7ed1d000	Deferred        ws2_32<elf>
  \-PE	7ecf0000-7ed1d000	\               ws2_32
ELF	7ed1d000-7ed7d000	Deferred        advapi32<elf>
  \-PE	7ed30000-7ed7d000	\               advapi32
ELF	7ed7d000-7ed8a000	Deferred        libnss_files.so.2
ELF	7ed8a000-7ed96000	Deferred        libnss_nis.so.2
ELF	7ed96000-7edb0000	Deferred        libnsl.so.1
ELF	7edb0000-7edb9000	Deferred        libnss_compat.so.2
ELF	7efb9000-7efe5000	Deferred        libm.so.6
ELF	7efe5000-7f000000	Deferred        wsock32<elf>
  \-PE	7eff0000-7f000000	\               wsock32
ELF	f73c0000-f73c4000	Deferred        libxcomposite.so.1
ELF	f73c5000-f73ca000	Deferred        libdl.so.2
ELF	f73ca000-f756f000	Deferred        libc.so.6
ELF	f7570000-f758b000	Deferred        libpthread.so.0
ELF	f758c000-f7590000	Deferred        libxinerama.so.1
ELF	f75a0000-f75a4000	Deferred        libxau.so.6
ELF	f75a6000-f76e8000	Dwarf           libwine.so.1
ELF	f76ea000-f770c000	Deferred        ld-linux.so.2
ELF	f770c000-f770d000	Deferred        [vdso].so
Threads:
process  tid      prio (all id:s are in hex)
0000000e services.exe
	0000002a    0
	0000001e    0
	00000015    0
	00000010    0
	0000000f    0
00000012 winedevice.exe
	0000001c    0
	00000019    0
	00000014    0
	00000013    0
0000001a plugplay.exe
	00000020    0
	0000001d    0
	0000001b    0
00000037 explorer.exe
	00000036    0
00000038 (D) C:\Program Files (x86)\Longman\LDOCE5\ldoce5.exe
	00000039    0 <==
System information:
    Wine build: wine-1.4
    Platform: i386 (WOW64)
    Host system: Linux
    Host version: 3.2.0-27-generic

Can anybody help please?
thanks

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 07:05 AM

what do you mean sorry?

414N · 07-29-2012, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzo

Chaps, I am trying to install LDOCE5 on ubuntu. It is all done, but it doestn' run properly and I wonder if anybody can help me at all.
When I open the application it says that there is a problem with WINE. It says the application has encountered a serious error and needs to close - sounds too much like windows!
The it goes on saying that "this can be caused by a problem in the program or deficiency in wine and to check the application database to find a solution". The application database site is this http://appdb.winehq.org/ and I am not sure how it can help me.

It sounds too much like Windows because that's exactly what it is: a Microsoft Windows application.
From the sound of it, seems like you don't even know what wine is: it's a layer which implements Microsoft Windows APIs in Unix/X11/OpenGL, as to provide some kind of ability to run Windows binaries on a non-Windows system without emulation or virtualization. The appdb (application database) is a site containing wine-compatibility reports for various applications submitted by wine users, so you could find useful information for the installation of a program or the configuration needed in your WINEPREFIX to make it work correctly.
A small remark: please add an extended form for non-widespread acronyms. I had to search on Google to associate LDOCE5 with the Longman Dictionary Of Contemporary English 5 and I can still only guess that it's what you're trying to run.
Now, assuming that my guess is right, some kind of additional information would be appreciated:

how did you install it in the first place? It seems like there exists a Linux installer for it, so have you run it or have you run the Windows one?
have you got wine installed on your system from the repositories?

Quote:

Originally Posted by kurtgeiger

Tell me the way how to install different softwares on the linux and how to see disk drives in linux.

I believe you're jumping in the wrong thread. Use the search function on these forums to find the information you're looking for, then open a new thread if you couldn't find it. Have a look at this post of mine from another thread to answer your "disk drives" question.
Last but not least, have you ever heard of "pretty please"?

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 07:36 AM

Hi 414N, sorry I am new to linux, and apologies for the acronyms, I will bear this in mind next time, your guess is right. For the dictionary, I have a cd and it is all installed now, for wine, I think I have installed it from a repository, but can't be 100% sure, is there anyway I can check through the terminal?

414N · 07-29-2012, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzo

For the dictionary, I have a cd and it is all installed now

The problem is how it got installed. Given that I haven't got the slightest idea if the Linux installation on the CD installs a native Linux application (which would be the best) or wraps a Windows one using wine, you should tell me how you installed it. Have you launched the setup.sh script under the linux/ directory on the CD (as this page reports) or have you run something else, maybe with an "exe" suffix?

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazzo

for wine, I think I have installed it from a repository, but can't be 100% sure, is there anyway I can check through the terminal?

Seems like with

Code:

dpkg --get-selections | grep wine

you should be able to see if wine has been installed with a package from a repository.

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 08:09 AM

hi ya, thanks for that, here's the reult of the command:

Code:

antobbo@antobbo-xps17-ubuntu:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep wine
wine						install
wine-gecko1.4					install
wine-gecko1.4:i386				install
wine1.4						install
wine1.4-amd64					install
wine1.4-common					install
wine1.4-i386:i386				install
winetricks					install
antobbo@antobbo-xps17-ubu

ntu:~$
if it helps.
As for the application the cd from what I know - sorry I am not very good with computers and software installation so apologies in advance- was an ISO so I followed some steps I have found on the net to install it. I have the icon on the desktop now, so I believe it is installed

414N · 07-29-2012, 08:21 AM

The icon on the desktop does not help to determine if you installed a native Linux application or a Windows one via wine, because wine too creates desktop icons when installing Windows programs.
Try to look inside your CD and see if there's a linux/ subdirectory with a setup.sh script inside and try to run it if it exists.

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 08:35 AM

hi ya, thanks All I can see in there are the following folders:
ldoce5.app
ldoce5.data
linux
Quickfind
rr_moved
and the following files:
autorun.exe
autorun.inf
ldoce5.exe
linuxreadme.txt
macrreadme.txt
setup.exe

If I open the linux folder, inside I can see a setup.data folder a ldoce5.zip folder and setup.sh which is what I believe you were looking for. Now, before I run it, it occurred to me that a copy of the dictionary is already installed, shall I remove that first? If so how do I do it please?
thanks

414N · 07-29-2012, 09:09 AM

I don't think it is needed, but if you have also an uninstallation icon on your desktop you could try using that.
Otherwise, try running

Code:

wine uninstaller

inside a terminal. You should see a window pop up with a list of installed Windows software (it's all installed inside ~/.wine). Uninstall it from there if it's on the list.

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 09:16 AM

cooool! yep done that, i unistalled using the command from the terminal but the Dictionary icon from my desktop is still there, it is ok anyway?
If so I will try to reinstall it using the setup.sh, let me know if it is ok to continue please
thanks

414N · 07-29-2012, 09:32 AM

Don't worry about a desktop icon which can be deleted with no remorse whatsoever, try reinstalling it

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 09:57 AM

uhm...I clicked on the setup.sh and I get 4 options:run in terminal, display,cancel, run. I selected run, but nothing happens...

414N · 07-29-2012, 10:01 AM

Then run it inside a terminal

jazzo · 07-29-2012, 10:03 AM

sure, but I don't know the commands, sorry. WHat should I type please?

414N · 07-29-2012, 10:06 AM

I think that if you click "run in terminal" then a terminal should pop up with the output of the setup.sh script, without the need to type anything. Is that so?