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133742 2003-04-06 01:33:00 i have just installed mandrake 9.1 (with instructions from Graham L,PoWa,Phoenix,RodJ) but where can i find the emulators Wine and WineX. WineX is the emulator for windows games isn't it? hamstar (4)
133743 2003-04-06 02:04:00 Wine can be found from http://www.winehq.com (or maybe .org), I'm pretty sure it comes with Mandrake 9.x, IF you choose to install it that is.

Check on the CD's, its a single file :-)

WineX is different however. I wrote a review (Search for Chilling_Silence and WineX in the PF1 archives) about it, and it does normally cost... but it is for games, as it emulates a C:\ Drive, Im not too sure how WINE works though.

WineX is made by Transgaming technologies, not too sure of the URL sorry, but check on google, and follow your nose :-)

Hope this helps


Chilling_Silence
Chilling_Silence (9)
133744 2003-04-07 13:29:00 thanks for the site. I got wine. 8 meg download. now it wants me to compile it or something. it says to type in the comand

./configure
-?-
-?-

i tried it in konsole and run command. didn't work. what now?
hamstar (4)
133745 2003-04-07 22:06:00 You'll need to be root, type:
su -
and enter your root password.

It worked fine for me in RedHat 8, just double-clicking on the rpm file :-)
Chilling_Silence (9)
133746 2003-04-08 06:00:00 Grab the RPM version. A very recent version was included with mandrake 9.1 on the second disk. bmason (508)
133747 2003-04-08 06:07:00 You will need to open a terminal window rather than using a "run" type mechanism, which is intended for doing one command. The compile needs a series of commands, and since it is installing system software, must be done as root, so the "su -" will get you there. (When you are finished as root, type "exit", or Ctrl/D).

You will find that often Linux doesn't give error messages; just nothing happens :D. You will often get a hint about what happened if you use the command "tail -20 /var/log/messages".
Graham L (2)
133748 2003-04-08 08:36:00 On the website it told me to do it just like all other rpm's

Open a terminal (mc or xterm) and su - to root user

type:
rpm -ivh winerpm.name.i386.rpm

And bob's your uncle!
Chilling_Silence (9)
133749 2003-04-08 08:38:00 I'm having trouble downloading WineX? Where is somewhere I don't have to pay for it?! PoWa (203)
133750 2003-04-08 09:00:00 WineX can be purchased from Transgaming.com (http://www.transgaming.com), or for free from CVS. I do not know the details of getting WineX from CVS (or even what CVS is :-)). flyer590 (2523)
133751 2003-04-09 14:51:00 Wine will drive you mad :)
It tells you, if you list the program that you should not expect it to work!

Why emulate Windows when you can double boot & have the real thing?
Mzee (158)
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