* Stephen <[email protected]> [05-27-11 23:45]: > Like this rather than installing my distros WINE which pulled in huge > dependencies. Incidentally Alan which distro was this on? > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Alan Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > > * Jim<[email protected]> [05-25-11 23:38]: > >> > >>> > I have installed Picasa on Ubuntu 11.04 on my netbook and I can find > >>> > it in the applications launcher but it won't open. I have tried > >>> > reinstalling. > >>> > > >>> > How can I get Picasa to open? > >>> > >> what version of picasa did you install? > >> > >> suggestion: if not the windows installer, picasa38-setup.exe, remove the > >> version you installed and download and install picasa38-setup.exe for > >> windows, ie: > >> wine ./picasa38-setup.exe > >> > >> This should provide a working menu launcher or picasa and if you have > >> > >> problems with that, the following from the command-line will work: > >> wine "c://Program Files (x86)//Google//Picasa//Picasa3.exe" > >> > > > > When I upgraded to 3.8 on my machine I did it a different way. Since I > > already had 3.0beta installed and since Picasa is the only wine dependent > > program I use, I did the following: > > > > From the terminal.. > > > > cd /opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/ > > > > wget http://dl.google.com/picasa/picasa38-setup.exe > > > > WINEPREFIX=/opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/ /opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine > > /bin/wine /opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/picasa38-setup.exe > > > > > > Nice and easy! 3.8 installed and using the existing wine install from 3.0. > > > > -- > > Alan. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. >
So you would prefer to put new paint on a old building. Your choice, but the newer wine is undoubtedly more capable. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
