On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 18:58, Dan Kegel <d...@kegel.com> wrote: > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/231065/ubuntu_linux_day_23_would_you_like_some_wine_with_that.html > > First problem - ubuntu's package manager is unclear: > > "I opened up my handy-dandy Ubuntu Software Center and typed Wine in > the search field, and...WTF? There are 14 matching items that show up. > Many of them are variations on 'Microsoft Windows Compatibility > Layer'. One has '(meta package)' at the end, another has '(dummy > package)'. They each have a little sub-title like 'wine', or > 'wine-gecko', or 'wine1.3-gecko'. Why isn't there just a single app > clearly called 'Wine'? > I didn't really have any clue which of these various software packages > is the real Wine, but the one at the top--the 'meta package'--had the > most ratings and ranked highly at 4.5 stars, so I decided to give that > one a shot." > > Second problem - he expected to run a program called Wine, found > wineconfig, did something with it, and then got back on track: > "Once it completed installing, I went to the Applications lens on the > Unity bar and typed in Wine. It claims I have three apps installed > that fit that description: Configure Wine, Uninstall Wine Software, > and Winetricks. I was hoping to actually run Wine, but given these > three options it seems that Configure Wine is the logical first > choice. > I clicked Configure Wine and the Wine Configuration console popped up > (go figure). At the bottom of the Applications tab, it specific which > version of Windows to emulate...I mean be compatible with. It defaults > to Windows XP, but I changed it to Windows 7... > OK. Now, I am ready to run some Windows software, right?" > > Third problem: he expected Office 2010 to install and run > > Fourth problem: he couldn't even run the installer: > " I opened up the folder from my Windows drive where I store > downloaded software, right-clicked my Microsoft Office 2010 > installation executable and clicked 'Open With Wine Windows Program > Loader', and...got an error message. Something to the effect that this > software is not marked as executable. > Windows logoRunning Windows software in Wine proved convoluted and > elusive.I checked with Google, and found a helpful walk-through from > Psychocats.net called Using Wine on Ubuntu. Apparently, the fact that > the software is an EXE is not obvious enough, so I have to first > right-click the file, go into the Properties, and click a checkbox > designating the file as executable. > Seems convoluted. The problem is, every time I click the checkbox my > check disappears. It won't let me make my file executable. I tried > looking for more help on Google to no avail. I tried a couple other > executable installation files, but couldn't mark those as executable > either. I assume it is a permissions thing--like I need to somehow > access the file permissions with root privileges in order to be able > to make those changes. That is just a theory, though. > So, no Windows software running for me just yet." > > > Ouch, ouch, ouch.
These all sound like packaging problems.. -- -Austin