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Running Windows Apps on Ubuntu

Asked by phillipblair

I am very new at this. Really like Ubuntu. There are windows apps that i have to run. Is there step by step on installing Wine, Trouble shooting, launching windows programs on ubuntu. What type of windows apps would not be supported. Thanks.

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Cameron (childc2) said : 		#1

you can install it with sudo apt-get install wine and it will run most basic brograms with wine *.exe. (You can also add that as an open with option)
I've had some trouble running more complicated programs like Halo.

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debianmigrant (debianmigrant) said : 		#2

This site has various information on Wine:

http://www.winehq.com/site/download-deb

The other option is to install VMWare (virtual machines)

You can have a full Windows installation within a Virtual Machine to run your apps, but the speed isn't great.

http://www.go2linux.org/node/44

Hope that helps

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