Installing Windows software under WINE

The best way to install Wine is probably just to install it using the Synaptic Package Manager or the Ubuntu Software Center.
If you prefer to use the terminal, you would use the command:
sudo apt-get install wine

If you prefer to run the latest beta version of Wine (beware, here (might) be bugs), check out http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

Also, to clarify: root and administrator is the same thing.

@christian giuseppino is not asking on how to install wine is asking about howto install Corel on wine

@giuseppino please tell which page are you reading usually you don't need to be root to install software on Wine...

giuseppino please tell do you have already installed wine...?

Ah, sorry. In that case, is the problem with the installation of Corel Office or running the installed program?

You might also find helpful advice on the following pages:

Corel Office: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=5778
Quattro Pro: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=7121

Wine has been installed from the repositories.

The following is a listing of what happens when I attempt to install Corel software. I copied the Corel disk into a directory called "wp family" on my desktop.

Giuseppino@Giuseppino-laptop:~$ sudo -i
root@Giuseppino-laptop:~# ls
dead.letter My Pictures
root@Giuseppino-laptop:~# cd ../home/Giuseppino/Desktop/
root@Giuseppino-laptop:/homeGiuseppino/Desktop# ls
20gig 60gig wp family
root@Giuseppino-laptop:/home/Giuseppino/Desktop# cd "wp family"/
root@Giuseppino-laptop:/home/Giuseppino/Desktop/wp family# ls
Acrobat CyberSitter2000 programs Setup32.exe VirusScan
appman Font Navigator queries setup32.hlp volinfo.txt
autorun.inf Fonts Register Setup.exe
Bde501 graphics runtime Shared
CDChange.exe license.txt samples template
config macros Setup Uninst32.exe
root@Giuseppino-laptop:/home/Giuseppino/Desktop/wp family# wine setup32
fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 24000 (device=2 access=1 func=0 method=0)
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" (nil) 0x33f71c (nil) 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW L"" L"root" 0x631010 0x33f71c 0x12f778 0x33f718 0x33f6ec - stub

At this point, Wine crashes with a message saying adminstrator privileges are required to proceed further. I haven't been able to determine how to do this from the Wine menu under applications.

The administrator messages some Windows programs give can usually be solved by changing the version of Windows that Wine is behaving like (e.g. instead of Windows XP try Windows 2000) - I don't know if it works in this specific case though.

From the log, it isn't Wine that's crashing. I suggest trying in Windows 98 mode. That's the mode that I usually use to workaround those issues.

I had about given up on this one.

How can the version of Windoze WINE is to emulate be specified on the command line? Unless I am missing something, there isn't anything about this in the manual or man pages. I am unable to determine how to do this from the graphical WINE menu.

It cannot be changed purely through the command-line in a meaningful way. It is a potential registry entry. You can change the global configurations for Wine (hence, affecting all apps) through Wine Config (winecfg). In the first menu, you should see a multi-selection-box from where to choose the wine version. By creating, in that same area, application-specific configurations, you can configure each application to have its own set of DLL-rules, options, etc.

For now, you should try to open winecfg and change the global configurations, just to see if it works.

If you want, you can use the winetricks script to change the version.

I think I see your confusion, it appears the application is telling you to be sure you are administrator and you've mistakenly thought it's referring to your Ubuntu user, so you're attempting to run it as root using sudo. You should basically NEVER run wine as root (unless you're doing something extremely unusual). Remember that the Windows applications have no idea they are being launched in wine, so when they refer to the Administrator they mean a Windows account with Admin privileges. Your "fake" windows setup under wine is considered an administrator, even when running under your regular Ubuntu user account. Make sense? ;)

If the app will not install at all then there is another issue involved, again, using the root account (sudo -i) is NOT the solution to the apps' problem.

You can in fact change the wine Windows version from the command line, but first you'll need to install winetricks. (sudo apt-get install winetricks). Then you can run "winetricks win98" or "winetricks winxp", "winetricks vista", etc. Run winetricks alone to see it's full list of options.

Finally, I assume by "Corel Office" you're referring to what they officially call "Corel Wordperfect Office". What version is it? Normally it's a good idea to search on winehq.org for notes on your app, in this case the latest I saw was Wordperfect 10 which I believe is old, but you might want to search a bit more. Another option to look at is using Codeweaver's Crossover. This is a paid app but it makes working with Wine much simpler, I recommend it for those who use a lot of their supported apps, expecially for business. Here is their list of compatibility with Corel apps. http://tinyurl.com/25pjmwd They also offer a trial, so you could download it and test first. Note that they bundle their own version of wine so using their trial would not affect any other wine apps you have installed.