Re: [gentoo-user] Re: shockwave on Gentoo ?

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, James  wrote:
> Nilesh Govindarajan  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.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: shockwave on Gentoo ?

[Michael Mol]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 12:51 PM, James  wrote:
> Michael Mol  gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Which version would you suggest?
>
>
> Available versions:
>  ~185 ~672 **

Whichever works best for you; that's the strange nature of WINE.

For me, just having

app-emulation/winetricks
app-emulation/wine ~amd64

in /etc/portage/package.keywords was enough to let me reliably run WoW.


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