On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:09:06 +1000 James Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 13:09 +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > I have a windows based CD that I would like to install and use with > > Wine. The setup.exe prog crashes. > > > > What's the best way to proceed? is there anyway to extract and > > install without using the setup.exe program? > > There's a number of ways; it's highly dependent on how the setup.exe > program works. However, I happened to be looking into something for > entirely separate reasons just last night and discovered this: > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257718 > > Which might help you out. IIRC, the MSI installer program > (instmsi.exe) does run under wine, so getting an MSI file should be > enough to get you up and running. Wine 20050310 in Debian Sarge. The disk is a legal thing from LexisNexis (we had some discussions about it earlier). Thanks. I'll give the other stuff a try and see what happens. Cheers, Alan > > All that said, there might be an easier way depending on your app. > What wine version? What program? What type of installer is it? > (nullsoft, installshield, etc). > > HTH, > > James. > > -- > My love burns for you > A Thermonuclear rose > Now lets go make out > -- http://www.solardeathray.com/rose.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 405 084 990 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
