does not run executable files

Is this a Windows CD?

Remember that Ubuntu is not Windows. Software designed for Windows won't run on Ubuntu (except possibly if you add the neccesary smoke and mirrors/translation layers.) Think of Ubuntu running on petrol and Windows running on diesel. You wouldn't by default expect it to work if you put diesel into your petrol car.

There is a program/translation layer called "Wine" that allows some/many Windows software to run under Ubuntu (the aforementioned smoke and mirrors). However it's not pefect (and never will be because the authors are trapped forever chasing Microsoft.) The best idea is to check whether your software is supported in the Wine Application database, here: http://appdb.winehq.org/

Hi,
To install Ubuntu you must boot from the CD.
First, you can read this page about how to download and install Ubuntu:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso
If you want to know about partitioning or re-partitioning your existing hard drive, you can go to:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning
and finally, if you want to create a dual boot machine (Ubuntu and windows), you can go to this page:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing

Also, you can boot from the Ubuntu desktop live cd to try it, without installing it...
If you press install icon you can install Ubuntu on your hard disk...
Ubuntu don't destroy any Windows files if you try from live cd and even if you will install it you must choose into install step to DON'T use the entire disk...

Here a video http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=IlQGk0PcqbI

If you choose to install please don't do as you will see in the video link, he use the entire disk

Thanks, but this wasn't the problem. I have Ubuntu installed; works
fine. I'm having trouble installing 3rd party software. One is a hard
CD that came with a game for my son, and the other was a .exe file that
I downloaded off the internet. Ubuntu shows the CD from the
applications menu, but it just "hangs" when I try to click on it to
install. The .exe file asks what program to use to install, and when I
click autoprompt, it likewise just hangs and does nothing. Any ideas?

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Ariel Cabral
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:23 AM
To: Whalen, Jerome
Subject: Re: [Question #60412]: does not run executable files

Your question #60412 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/60412

Ariel Cabral proposed the following answer:
Hi,
To install Ubuntu you must boot from the CD.
First, you can read this page about how to download and install Ubuntu:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/iso
If you want to know about partitioning or re-partitioning your existing
hard drive, you can go to:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/partitioning
and finally, if you want to create a dual boot machine (Ubuntu and
windows), you can go to this page:
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing

Also, you can boot from the Ubuntu desktop live cd to try it, without
installing it...
If you press install icon you can install Ubuntu on your hard disk...
Ubuntu don't destroy any Windows files if you try from live cd and even
if you will install it you must choose into install step to DON'T use
the entire disk...

Here a video http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=IlQGk0PcqbI

If you choose to install please don't do as you will see in the video
link, he use the entire disk

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 I'm having trouble installing 3rd party software, but not a windows
program. One is a hard CD that came with a game for my son, and the
other was a .exe file that I downloaded off the internet. Ubuntu shows
the CD from the applications menu, but it just "hangs" when I try to
click on it to install. The .exe file asks what program to use to
install, and when I click autoprompt, it likewise just hangs and does
nothing. Any ideas?

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Walter Prins
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 9:17 AM
To: Whalen, Jerome
Subject: Re: [Question #60412]: does not run executable files

Your question #60412 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/60412

    Status: Open => Answered

Walter Prins proposed the following answer:
Is this a Windows CD?

Remember that Ubuntu is not Windows. Software designed for Windows
won't run on Ubuntu (except possibly if you add the neccesary smoke and
mirrors/translation layers.) Think of Ubuntu running on petrol and
Windows running on diesel. You wouldn't by default expect it to work if
you put diesel into your petrol car.

There is a program/translation layer called "Wine" that allows some/many
Windows software to run under Ubuntu (the aforementioned smoke and
mirrors). However it's not pefect (and never will be because the
authors are trapped forever chasing Microsoft.) The best idea is to
check whether your software is supported in the Wine Application
database, here: http://appdb.winehq.org/

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Hi again,
The .exe files are only executable on windows or sometimes trough a software emulator called "wineHq" on Ubuntu.
To install wine, go to Applications->Add/Remove... and search for wine.
If the game for your son is a windows CD, it cannot be installed on Linux and Ubuntu doesn't execute the windows autorun.inf.
Hope this helps, let me know.

These are both programs designed to work in the Windows environment so we call them Windows programs even though they may not be produced by Microsoft. ".exe" and ".com" are extensions used by programs carefully designed to work only in Windows - not Linux. Ubuntu is one form of Linux, roughly equivalent to Vista or Xp. Some other linux's are aimed to compete with Win 98.

However there are a number of ways around the issue. Firstly try finding a native linux equivalent as they are usually better written and work better in Linux. In Ubuntu this means going up to the top taskbar and clicking on

System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager

it'll ask for your normal usr password, not your SuperUser/Root one. Use one of the search tools in Synaptic, the "Search" button also searches in programs descriptions as well as their titles. Packages that are already installed have a green box beside them. To install something new right-click on it and select install and then click on the "Apply" button.

The next approach is to install Wine (through Synaptics) and use the Wine website to hunt for how other users got the program to work. Wine Is Not an Emulator as it uses a far more sophisticated approach meaning that programs run faster than they would with a normal emulator.
http://winehq.org/
http://appdb.winehq.org/

Without knowing the name of the programs you are trying to get working there's not much closer we can get to offering a total answer at this point.

Another approach would be to instal and setup a virtual machine and install Windows to that but i recommend avoiding this as it all sounds a bit too "tech" for me.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

((One is a hard CD that came with a game for my son, and the
other was a .exe file that I downloaded off the internet.))
" .exe" are MS Windows software, as " .dmg" are Mac Os X software, as " .deb" are Ubuntu software.

First you have to look up for the Linux version of the software you are looking for.
If you want Games we have a lot of games avaliable for free and for pay, i give you the links for Ubuntu Games :
http://www.playdeb.net/available_games.html
http://www.getdeb.net/category.php?id=3
http://www.playonlinux.com/repository/?cat=1
http://www.djl-linux.org/index_en.php?ListOfGames
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=intrepid&arch=i386&searchon=names&keywords=game
http://www.freealts.com/index.php

there is more on the internet, but you have something to explore here...

If no one of the responses above Works...

You can try to use your " .exe" files without Windows, with :

ReactOS LiveCD (a XP clone, runs from CD without install):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/reactos/ReactOS-0.3.8-REL-live.zip

ReactOS Qemu (a Virtual machine ready to run on Ubuntu):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/reactos/ReactOS-0.3.8-REL-qemu.zip

ReactOS VMware (a Virtual machine ready to run on Ubuntu):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/reactos/ReactOS-0.3.8-REL-vmware.zip

More info about ReactOS :
http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html

good luck friend

thanks...just understanding the challenge helps..I will look through all these answers. Hopefully one of them will do the trick...

lol, agreed - knowing the question is half the answer ;)

BTW, ReactOS users Wine, too, so you probably want to stick with Ubuntu and Wine unless
you're feeling adventurous.

BTW, ReactOS uses Wine, too, so you probably want to stick with Ubuntu and Wine unless
you're feeling adventurous.

Not hardly...but thx...

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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:44 AM
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Subject: RE: [Question #60412]: does not run executable files

Your question #60412 on wine in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+question/60412

Dan Kegel posted a new comment:
BTW, ReactOS uses Wine, too, so you probably want to stick with Ubuntu
and Wine unless
you're feeling adventurous.

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I don't see the point of imitation Windows. Either Windows or don't. Personally i go for the dual-boot system every-time and i did boot into Windows just yesterday for the first time in months.

I would think the point is rather obvious: to have an Open Source, 100% Windows compatible OS, right down to the drivers, without having to deal with Microsoft licensing. It is simply yet another option for people to choose, other than Windows.

No insult intended...I am not as experienced...a thousand pardons....
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Device

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Sent: Mon Feb 09 18:26:41 2009
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Your question #60412 on wine in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wine/+question/60412

cogadh posted a new comment:
I would think the point is rather obvious: to have an Open Source, 100%
Windows compatible OS, right down to the drivers, without having to deal
with Microsoft licensing. It is simply yet another option for people to
choose, other than Windows.

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Ahh, sorry a278265, if you follow the link to the thread of this Question you'll see that cogadh was responding to my last post. Sorry about the confusion there. He does have a valid point - the more diversity we have the more interesting and each has its advantages. Anyway, congrats on fixing the problem

Regards from
Tom :)