EXE files

Asked by ZivHirsch

I know that Wine is way how to run EXE files on Linux,
but I have some games that I cant run on Linux.
There is another way?

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arochester (arochester) said :
#1

Wine is the way, but there are some Wine "enhancements" like Wine-doors or PlayOnLinux - the latter being available from repository on Karmic.

Then there are commercial versions, which must be paid for, like Cedega.

My favorite Wine starting place is Frank's Corner at http://frankscorner.org/

...but why not tell us the name(s) of the games you are tring to use - we might be able to give you a more definite answer...

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#2

I can not run Quadro_Racing.exe with Wine.
How I can install Frank's Corner?

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said :
#3

Frank's Corner is a collection of guides for getting some games and programs running in Wine, not a program.

Another way to find information about running a specific game or program in Wine is to use the Application Database at WineHQ: appdb.winehq.org - in your case no one has tried running this specific game, but you might be successful with others.

As for Quadro Racing itself, it is using Direct3D and does not support double buffering, this is currently not supported in Wine and so for now it appears you won't be able to run the game through Wine.

Someone please correct me if this is not correct.

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#4

Thank you,
But I am using with Wine to run games but
Wine can't run all games.
I need another way how you run exe files

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#5

I need another way how I can run exe files ***

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said :
#6

There isn't currently any other way of running exe files directly in Linux.
Another option you have is to install Windows in a virtual machine and run the game from there.
I would recommend looking at either VMware (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) or VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads - look for "Debian-based Linux distributions").

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#7

Okay. Thank you.
I have more question.
I installed playonlinux and I wanna install DirectX and NetFrameWork.
I go to
Install > Other > Net FrameWork 2.0
I go this window :
http://up196.siz.co.il/up3/qny1tl2xqlmt.png
and if I click on Forward
I get this window :
http://up193.siz.co.il/up2/5niityzzyc4b.png

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said :
#8

Sorry, I'm not very familiar with PlayonLinux, so I can't help you.
Anyone else?

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said :
#9

...you might want to try winetricks though, it's a small tool that can install various libraries, frameworks and tools for Wine, like DirectX and mono (which is an open source implementation of .NET): http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#10

Thank you
but in this site http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks.
I dont understand all
So you can just tell me what to do please?

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said :
#11

Basically, to install DirectX and mono in your standard Wine configuration, do this (try comparing it to the text at http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks , you might see more documents like that):

Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and type the following:

wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

and then...

sh winetricks d3dx9 mono24

and you're done.

You might need to click some dialogs, but nothing you won't be used to from Windows.

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#12

Thank you but I steel have this window:
http://up192.siz.co.il/up2/yymzwejrmwm3.png.
and with Net FrameWork I steel have 2 windows:
http://up196.siz.co.il/up3/qny1tl2xqlmt.png
and then:
http://up193.siz.co.il/up2/5niityzzyc4b.png

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Best Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said :
#13

I don't see how those windows appear?
If you followed my instructions, you wouldn't be dealing with neither PlayonLinux nor .NET.
In any case, if you want to install .NET instead of mono, try installing it through winetricks like so:

sh winetricks corefonts dotnet20

Again, to install DirectX, do:

sh winetricks d3dx9

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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
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ZivHirsch (zivh1300) said :
#15

Thanks Christian Dannie Storgaard, that solved my question.