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How can I run microsoft flight sim on Ubuntu?

Asked by jamesharks

Im just wondering if it is possiable to install and run microsoft flight simulator 2004 on ubuntu and if it is how would i do it.

Thanks.

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

Apparently not:

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=2819

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#2

Yes and no. No you can't run windows apps natively in ubuntu just as they wouldn't run on a Mac (unless a Mac version was available of course). However, there are ways around that - wine being the most popular. It seems some people have had success with some version.

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=278

If you want to give it a try, install wine

sudo apt-get install wine

and then open a terminal, change dir to the install CD and run

wine setup.exe

The other option would be to run windows in a virtual machine such a through virtualbox.

Hope that helps.

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#3

Oops, Cesare beet me to it and he actually read the comments. Looks like it might not run. I guess you could always try. It doesn't look like anyone tried with feisty so who know.

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jamesharks (jamesharks) said : 		#4

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.