Running a Windows application in Linux with Wine

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Wine is software to run some Windows applications on Linux.
Unlike VMware or VirtualBox, Wine not a complete PC, but only the Win32 API (Windows system calls).

The emulation is not perfect, but it can in many cases to run Windows applications directly on Linux, without resorting to heavy virtual machines.

Installation

In Debian / Ubuntu, type: sudo apt-get install wine

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Test

We will test AutoStitch, a small software designed to automatically panoramas, which exists only on Windows.

Download the program here and unpack it.

Then right-click on the file. Exe> Open with another application .

In the list, select Wine Windows Emulator and click Open:And now ... It's magic! Our Windows application works.Thereafter, you can simply double-click the file. Exe to start (no more need to right-click). Note that you can also add to the main menu.

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Install a program

If the program is that you start an installer, be sure to do so leaving the default installation path, ie c: \ Program Files. At the end of the installation, you should find your program in the Application menu to launch it later.And now, even more magical!

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Directories

In Windows applications running under Wine:

• "My Documents" is your home directory (home)
• C: corresponds to ~ / .wine / drive_c
• Z: is the root of your system files (/)

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Notes

All Windows software do not pass both in Wine. Some will not work in Wine.

That said, Linux users have been able to successfully run Microsoft Word, μTorrent and even Internet Explorer!