On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Nilesh Govindarajan <contact <at> nileshgr.com> writes: >> Shockwave is not supported in Linux IMHO > > This url suggests using wine: > > http://www.anuragbhandari.com/2008/10/install-shockwave-in-linux-using-wine/ > > > I've seen several similar postings, but, most are old. Anyone tried > using wine plus windows apps to get shockwave running on a gentoo system? > Could it be chrooted or (whatever) to make it more secure? > > Any comments or opinions or caveats (security holes) taking this > approach to getting shockwave running on my kid's gentoo box? > > Dam school requires this application for advanced chemistry.... > He really does not want to use doz (good kid) if he does not > have to......
Regarding WINE... You'll probably need to unmask the 1.3 branch, because libicu and wine 1.2.x have been in conflict most of this year. Winetricks is your friend. -- :wq
