cant play pc games even through wine

Asked by matthew

i cant play pc games through wine when i try to run it it tells me is not marked as executable and it may be dangerous to run read about executable bit but dont really help

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zeruke (oninekoze) said :
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right-click the .exe -> click properties -> click permissions -> click allow executing file as program -> and then try to run it in wine

but remember wine is only emulating windows so it may be very glitchy or just doesn't work but i hope this helps and works

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matthew (matty-792) said :
#2

it now says permission cant be changed is there any way arround this

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
#3

If you haven't done this already, try running the program by right-clicking on it and clicking "Open With Wine" (rather than by double-clicking on it).

If that doesn't work, please provide the *exact* text of the error message that says the permissions cannot be changed. Then open a Terminal window (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type "ls -l " (without the quotes, but with the space at the end), drag the program into the Terminal window (which will paste its absolute path), and press enter to run the command you have just created. Please note that the first letter of "ls" is a lower-case L, and that the letter after the "-" is also a lower-case L.

Then run these additional four commands, by pasting them in, one at a time, and pressing enter after each one (you can also type them in, but if you do that, please make sure that you type them exactly right):

which -a wine
whoami
groups
mount
df -h

Then select *all* the text inside the Terminal window (Edit > Select All), copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy), and paste it here. This should provide useful diagnostic information for solving your problem.

When you post to request more help, please click the button for requesting additional assistance, and not the "Just Add a Comment" button. Otherwise, the status of your question doesn't go back from Answered (or Needs Information) to Open, and people will tend not to know that your problem still isn't resolved.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
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Correction: "Then run these additional four commands" --> "Then run these additional FIVE commands"

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
#5

right click on the program then select open with wine.

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said :
#6

"right click on the program then select open with wine."

Hey, that's what I said! ;-)

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