installing wine

Hi,
this is an installation guide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

in general
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

Linux does not natively run any windows exe files.
In order to run windows files you will have to run them with a compatibility layer called Wine.

http://www.winehq.org/

To install wine in Ubuntu

Please first enable the universe repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Community Maintained open source software (universe)"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install wine

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then there are a lot of howto on the net:
http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/05/18/how-to-install-windows-programs-in-linux-using-wine/
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wine
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

Hope this helps

I have cleaned for best readability of other users your original question...

Hope this helps

Hi,
I have installed wine but dont know how to progress.
I noticed in Applications/ accessories there is no wine file In applications I select wine there is configure etc.

Ok please tell which exe file are you trying to install... or run using wine...

Thank you

Hello marcobra
going to applications/wine selecting configuring wine....... selecting windows xp.... then going to browse c drive......... and selecting program files....... then selecting internet explorer......... then selecting exe file and "error while loading the archive"
Thanks
John

Are you trying to run programs already installed on your Windows partition?
That's not supported, see:
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-497f1a295d53dd3444f211df2b13312c7767afa2

Also, running Internet Explorer is not really supported. If you really need it, see
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-69ca5e820c6eef64196e1830bf7f09521c2a4843