On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 15:52:18 +1000 James Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 14:39 +1000, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > 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. <SNIP> > > setup.exe > > stdole.tlb > > Those two files make me suspect that it's InstallShield (which is > pretty likely; it's very common). InstallShield installers don't work > properly right now because of some issues with type-marshalling (the > .tlb file is the giveaway; that's the marshalled types) and dcom. > Fortunately it's a common problem, so there are some partial > solutions. > > I believe if you install dcom98 in your fake windows partition from > the .exe available here: > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=08b1ac1b-7a11-43e8-b59d-0867f9bdda66&DisplayLang=en > > and copy a stdole32.tlb file from a 'real' windows partition > (presumably to somewhere under 'windows' in your fake windows > directory; you'll need to check up on that), it will work. If you > search for 'installshield wine' on google, you'll find a bunch of > useful information on it. > > The other option is a utility called 'i6comp', which is floating > around. It just extracts the files from an InstallShield installer. It > is in turn a windows application, but will run out of the box with > wine. The other option is preferable though, because it will actually > set the various registry entries your program will need. It's likely > you'll need to do extra tinkering if you go down the i6comp route. Many thanks James. I'll give it a go and report back. Cheers, Alan > > 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
