Howto Add Wine To Puppy

[CatDude]

Hi All

Have seen a few posts where people are having trouble setting up wine.
The following method is how i went about it, i post it in the hope that it helps somebody.


Adding WINE (in puppy 2.16.1 frugal)

Downloaded http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/dotpups ... 28_212.sfs

and put a copy in the same place as your pup_save.2fs: /mnt/home

Then change the puppy version number, from 212 to 216.
Because the BootManager will not see it otherwise.

Now using Menu > System > BootManager
add the folowing: Wine-0.9.28_216.sfs (originally was Wine-0.9.28_212.sfs )
to be loaded next boot-up. (and each boot thereafter)

Now Reboot.

Back in puppy, Navigate here: /usr/bin/winecfg and click on it.

Up pops the Wine configuration GUI (i leave everything as is)
Click OK


You can have a another reboot if you really want to. (but its probably not needed)

Then Back in puppy, its ... time to throw wine something to chew on.

INSTALLING SOMETHING INTO WINE.

This is how i got my copy of Delta Cad into wine.

Into a drive goes the Delta Cad CD
Mount the drive, using either MUT or Pmount
RIGHT click on setup.exe
Select Set Run Action
In the new window that appears, change:
"$@"
to look like :
wine "$@"

Click on:
"Use Command" button.

Now Left click on: setup.exe

Delta Cad install starts, and installs to:
/root/WINDOWS-C-DRIVE/Program Files/DeltaCad

In that directory i click on DELTACAD.EXE
/root/WINDOWS-C-DRIVE/Program Files/DeltaCad/DELTACAD.EXE

Delta Cad fires up. lovely jubbly (Still need to tweak a bit, eg: fonts)

And that was all there was to it.

For sure, it does take a bit of fiddling to get things working properly at times,
for example: what windows version you run you app under can effect the way things behave.

So i encourage you to give it a shot, and play with the settings.
If at first it dont work right, DO NOT GIVE UP

These are a few things i have running in wine.
DeltaCad (obviously)
IrfanView
The!Checker

Previously i have also had these working.
VSO DivxToDVD 0.5.2.99
DVD Shrink 3.2

Go on. You know you want to

Puppy suddenly gets to be an even BIGGER playground when drunk.

TIP (originally posted by vovchik)

If you are tired of tiny fonts in Wine - as is the case by default
Simply open the system.reg file (located in /root/.wine)
and search for the string LogPixels in the section
[System\\CurrentControlSet\\Hardware Profiles\\Current\\Software\\Fonts]

In order to change the DPI setting from, say, 70 to 85, alter the last two numbers of the following key:

old:
"LogPixels"=dword:00000070
new:
"LogPixels"=dword:00000085

Save the file and start a windows app. Voila, you will have larger fonts!

Enjoy

CatDude

[bobwrit]

i installed wine 0.9.4 from stackware packages by extracting it. then i removed the install directory. then cd to the directory one level above it then run

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cp -a --remove destination XXX/* /

then i deleted where i extracted it.

[Leon]

The following method is how i went about it, i post it in the hope that it helps somebody.

I renamed Wine-0.9.28_212.sfs to Wine-0.9.28_217.sfs and it works also with Puppy 2.17.1 frugal install.
Many thanks, CatDude

[CatDude]

I renamed Wine-0.9.28_212.sfs to Wine-0.9.28_217.sfs and it works also with Puppy 2.17.1 frugal install.
Many thanks, CatDude

No problem mate, glad to here it worked for you.

CatDude

[fernan]

hi.

I've tried the wine-0.9.35.pet on a clean 2.16 , but gives an error: "wine: glibc >= 2.3 without NPTL or TLS is not a supported combination."
Installing "glibc-2.4.pet" seems to fix that error, but I think it can break something else. (perhaps my ftp server, that suddendly stops working?)

I will try the sfs file today.

[fernan]

I've insalled the sfs file, and running "winecfg" gives me the same error:
"wine: glibc >= 2.3 without NPTL or TLS is not a supported combination.", but wine seems to work, so the .pet file that didn't work did not work because something else.

[CatDude]

Hi fernan

but gives an error: "wine: glibc >= 2.3 without NPTL or TLS is not a supported combination."

I get that also if i run winecfg from a console/terminal.
But not if i navigate to /usr/bin/winecfg and click on it.

Like you say though, it doesnt appear to cause any issues, and wine does work.

CatDude

[bobwrit]

the glib2.4 pet file has ever worked for me. it always corrupts the /lib files. it's probaly because i always do a full hd install.

[fernan]

HI,
After doing some testing, I've found that installing glibc-2.4.pet DO break things. In my case PureFTP stops working.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=20739
And uninstall glibc-2.4 was impossible for me (puppy died in the try)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=20739

So, I will continue trying. Wine without that glibc-2.4 seems to work with some simple apps, but not with others that installs to hd, the same that were working OK when I installed glibc-2.4

Any advice about wine versions, sfs or .pup files to install will be appreciated, since I have a Windows application that I need to run under linux...

Fernan.-

[budisan]

dear all,

I've installed Wine-0.9.28_216.sfs on pure puppy 2.17 and rename it with ..._217.sfs. But after adding it on bootmanager then reboot, i can't found winecfg in /usr/bin or any place on filesystem.

Why this happen ?

On another day i try installed crossover office by codeweaver but get some error messages to find perl file

which is better for puppy, installing wine or crossover office ?

[Leo-Ko]

In my installation of puppy (on hard disk)

a folder does not exist mnt/home


also the file does not exist the file pup_save.2fs


that I do for instalr wine.


treat with a dotpup and there were many lost bookstores, I want to try

with this method, I hope that it should work.

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En mi instalacion de puppy (en disco duro)

no existe una carpeta mnt/home


ademas no existe el archivo el archivo pup_save.2fs


que hago para instalr wine.


trate con un dotpup y habian muchas librerias perdidas, quiero probar

con este metodo, espero que funcione.

[muggins]

Leo-Ko,

if you've got a full(normal) hdisk install, instead of a frugal(co-exist) install, then for the wine.xxx.sfs you can either copy everything permanently to your hdisk, then delete the win.xxx.sfs, or add a line to mount it upon boot, (to /etc/rc.d/rc.local), and symlink the relevant bits. to copy to hdisk you would do:

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mkdir /wine-tmp
mount -o loop /wine.xxx.sfs /wine-tmp
cp -ax /wine-tmp/* /
umount /wine-tmp
rmdir /wine-tmp

(you would need to replace wine.xxx.sfs with whatever version you're using).

[Leo-Ko]

I am a new user of linux and me and been possible realize that is quite complicated to dominate the necessary thing to make some programs work.

I believe that a structure or organization is absent, more betatesters to develop programs, but such you see that him quietaria the gusta to linux.


good, since I must learn many things, first I will try to learn to compile, later the wine will try to make to work in my PC.


thanks for the response; D

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soy un usuario nuevo de linux y me e podido dar cuenta de que es bastante complicado dominar lo necesario para hacer funcionar algunos programas.

creo que falta una estructura o organizacion, mas betatesters para desarrollar programas, pero tal ves eso le quietaria el gusta a linux.


bueno, ya que debo aprender muchas cosas, primero tratare de aprender a compilar, despues tratare de hacer funcionar en mi pc el wine.


gracias por la respuesta ;D

[mtamura]

HI,
After doing some testing, I've found that installing glibc-2.4.pet DO break things. In my case PureFTP stops working.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=20739
And uninstall glibc-2.4 was impossible for me (puppy died in the try)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=20739

So, I will continue trying. Wine without that glibc-2.4 seems to work with some simple apps, but not with others that installs to hd, the same that were working OK when I installed glibc-2.4

Any advice about wine versions, sfs or .pup files to install will be appreciated, since I have a Windows application that I need to run under linux...

Fernan.-

You need to create a chroot'd environment for Wine with glibc 2.4. This would allow Wine to run with glibc 2.4.

Mark

[keithcleaver]

(I'm not sure if this belongs here, or in the bugs subforum)

I followed the instructions in the first post, but the program I've installed onto the "C" drive runs for about three seconds then shuts off without explanation. Help anyone?

[SirDuncan]

Keith,
Word of caution, it is often very difficult to configure Wine so that a program (especially games) will work properly and without crashing. The best way is to find directions on the internet that tell you what settings to use. If you try to figure out the proper settings for your program (assuming that the program will run with Wine) on your own, you may be spending hours or days just getting it to work.

[macadavy]

It would be helpful if you could let us know just which windoze program you're trying to run with Wine.
Meanwhile you might find help here: http://appdb.winehq.org/ or here: http://frankscorner.org/
Frankly its tricky. Running windoze apps in linux is sometimes a crapshoot. As Dr. Samuel Johnson put it:

...[It] is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
* July 31, 1763

In general the oldest version of windoze that will run the appy is the best: for really ancient 16-bit progs use Win3.1; for 32-bit Win98. (You can choose which version to emulate in the winconfigurator.)
An alternative is to use virtualization with something like VMPlayer or VirtualBox. Good luck!

[Fons]

I have 2.17.1 installed to the hard disk, and i'm having a hard time with installing wine can someone slowly walk me through this.

[macadavy]

Fons, see the first post in this thread!

[Fons]

Fons, see the first post in this thread!

I didn't do the coexist(frugal) install.