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Open Source Software for running Windows applications on other operating systems.

Wine is a compatibility layer that translates from the Windows API to the POSIX API. Using Wine makes it possible to run Windows application e.g. on Linux.

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Linux executable fails with "File not found" even though the file is there and in PATH

I want to launch the wine executable (Version 2.12), but I get the following error ($=shell prompt): $ wine bash: /usr/bin/wine: No such file or directory $ /usr/bin/wine bash: /usr/bin/wine: No such file or directory $ cd /usr/bin $ ./wine bash:…
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How Wine is not an emulator?

As I understand emulators (in a simple way), they do translate or substitute the function calls of a program using functions of system X into functions used by system Y in which the program is being run onto. Wine project claims that Wine Is Not an…
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Enable second monitor from shell

So... I have two monitors on my Ubuntu machine. And every time I launch some Windows OpenGL application under Wine it turns off the second monitor. And leaves it turned off when the application exits. I wonder, is there a shell command which will…
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Is cygwin like wine, but for linux applications?

Does cygwin work line wine, providing a compatibility layer inside a foreign os?
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Can't create files or directories that starts from 'com1' to 'com9'

I can't create folders or files named 'com1', 'com2', ..., 'com9' in my extended hard drive. I'm trying to create a Wine prefix on my other drive where my games are stored, but I get some errors. Here is a pastebin of the whole output when I run…
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How to fix Russian letters in a Wine application when adjusting LANG does not help?

An application with a Russian UI shows question marks instead the most of its text (some elements are rendered ok though). The system locale is English (en_US, en_IE), I've tried Ubuntu ant XUbuntu 12.04 with Wine 1.5. I've tried launching the…
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Syntax error: Bad fd number?

My application: #!/bin/sh # # D2GS # # Go to the directory cd ~ # Run the applications if ! ps aux | pgrep "D2GS"; then wine "C:/D2GS/D2GS.exe" >& /dev/null & fi Gives error: ./d2gs.sh: 14: ./d2gs.sh: Syntax error: Bad fd number Which is…
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Transparently run wine programs

When I want to run a wine program I have to type e.g. $ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/TextAloud/TextAloudMP3.exe Would it be possible to run directly TextAloudMP3? I mean not only from command line (I could create alias) but in whole graphical…
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Wine vs Virtualbox?

I have used Wine before. I recently heard of VirtualBox. Do they do the same thing? What are the differences and relative merits of these?
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Run an application with different TimeZone

I have an windows application (Under Wine) that only works when I change timezone to NewYork's TimeZone. with Any other zone it doesn't start!! So, Is it possible in Linux to run an application with different TimeZone than system configured…
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/proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope keeps resetting to 1

Running Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS 64-bit. /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope keeps resetting to 1 if I reboot, despite me changing it to 0 manually. How can I keep ptrace_scope set to a value of 0?
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Why can Wine convert Windows systemcall to Linux systemcall?

As long as the architectures are the same, it is no wonder that Windows .exe file can run on the Linux system (if it is properly loaded on the RAM). But systemcalls of Linux and Windows are entirely different. So when an .exe file calls a systemcall…
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How to remove Notepad from the applications list?

After installing Wine, Notepad has became a default application to open unknown textual files by double click. I'd like to eliminate this behaviour and remove Notepad from the list of applications offered to open an unknown type file. I've deleted…
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C compiler cannot create executables

I'm trying to install wine on Linux Mint 17.1. I ./configure'd as root to install it. Input: cd Downloads/wine-1.6.2 ./configure Output: checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type...…
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unable to find an interpreter when running a Windows executable

I uninstalled my wine, and installed a higher version of wine by compiling source. However when I run an exe executable (whose path is in $PATH), it doesn't work as it used to: $ PDFXCview.exe run-detectors: unable to find an interpreter for…
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