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Wine 5.11 to run Windows apps

I took Mike Walsh's WINE 5.11 package and made some changes to convert it to a pet.
Note that it doesn't work in a container ... only front window.
There is a pinstall.sh file inside so menu items will appear in the start menu.
EDIT: New version available from my google drive...
New version of wine..
wine-easy_5.11b_amd64.pet

wine-easy_5.11b_amd64.pet -
Size: 309380779 bytes
md5sum: 5f64272dcd81e5351833f52ff78f8aeb
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sirKjG ... share_link

I made another small change so that a right click menu item will appear for windows apps (see image)
So launching of windows apps can be done by double clicking or choose the menu item...

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Instructions are needed to run it properly.

I first suggest downloading a windows program to test it.
I suggest the mp3DirectCut installer program...
https://www.fosshub.com/mp3DirectCut.ht ... 3DC236.exe

As well you will need an mp3 file to edit or play.

Next --> Install my pet file with double click in Rox.
Various useful menus should now appear in Start menu .
For instance try Windows wordpad and it should work straight away .

Now we will install the mp3DirectCut program using the installer program you downloaded.

1) Run ...
Start Menu > Filesystem > Wine File Manager

2) Find where you stored the downloaded installer and double click it .
Follow instructions to install the program in Program folder in drive_c (see image)

3) Go to program and double click on it (in wine file manager ) to launch program
and test it with the mp3 file you have available.
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Note that drive_c is located in /root/.wine/
However here is a tip...

There is two ways to access drive_c using wine file manager
1) Click My Computer
2) Go to root > .wine
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EDIT: It is now possible with new version to open up a windows app by simply clicking on it.
The method I prefer is to store my windows apps in /root/.wine/drive_c
I have a rox bookmark to open this folder quickly.
Also there is a right click menu item to launch a windows app
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Nice Work. The EasyOs has a lot of potential.

The download of Wine 5.11 package from google drive happened smoothly.
Did not do the stuff relating to # md5sum
The contents also extracted easily.

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What to do afterwards?

Instructions are needed. Spoon feeding for Linux illiterate people.

WINDOWS is so common that you can make a Menu entry for WINE or put a graphic tutorial on the website.

Thanks for putting so much time and effort.

@Xyz2022 :-

I haven't yet looked at Don's re-build of the WINE-portable package, so I don't quite know what he's done with it.

The 'portable' keeps the hidden '.wine' directory internally in the WINE directory of the portable, though it sym-links it out to the 'expected' location while it's linked into the system. This way, WINE finds it where it looks for it, yet because it's a sym-link everything is written straight back to the portable directory, thereby keeping everything in one place.

I wrote the 'Wine-link' script to check whether a WINE 'prefix' actually pre-exists. If it does, everything is set-up and a GTK-dialog splash box tells you you're good to go. If it doesn't find an existing WINE prefix, it then runs winecfg and prompts you to install the relevant downloads (Mono & Gecko). It then sets things up, and finally a GTK-dialog splash box once again tells you everything is hunky-dory.

I've developed a whole range of these portable applications, because

• a) It's a method that fits Puppy so well, and

• b) It allows sharing of a given application between multiple Puppies. It also permits using the apps from one box to another, because there's no need to have to set things up all over again since your personal settings are already there.

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Windoze MAY be 'common', but you'll find a lot of established, veteran Linux users are very anti-WINE. True, there's an equivalent to almost everything you can run on Windows if you look around long enough, so I can kinda see their point, but at the same time, some Linux apps just don't have quite the same functionality as their Windows counterparts, so I think there's definitely a case for it.

The prevailing sentiment seems to be that if you have a real-time Windows environment running on your system - sandboxed though it is - then you're opening up a way for malware to get onto your system. In practice I've never found this to be the case, yet you CANNOT convince some people!

Mike.

I haven't yet looked at Don's re-build of the WINE-portable package

I used a pinstall.sh script to set up the menus.
So windows wordpad and windows notepad will run from the start menu.
More importantly windows file manager is easily available from the start menu,
so drive_c is quickly available.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to to set up Rox so a windows app will launch in Rox filer.
It's only possible to launch a windows app with windows file manager.
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Also another important point...

This version of WINE only works in main window,
so it can't be used in a container. The menus don't show up.
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New version available from my google drive...
wine-easy_5.11a_amd64.pet
Size:295 MB
MD5sum: 5c1d6e5e48d7af211be3e41cec6ab90e
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jR9eqo ... share_link
I made a small change to pinstall but it improves usability a great deal...

Now user can click on a windows app (.exe) and wine will open the app automatically.

So I store my windows apps in
/root/.wine/drive_c

and I have a rox bookmark to open this folder quickly.

New version of wine..

I made another small change so that a right click menu item will appear for windows apps (see image)
So launching of windows apps can be done by double clicking or choose the menu item...

For anyone interested ...
I first created a /usr/local/apps/Wine directory...
Then I made links using a pinstall.sh file...

# Add mime-type...'
mkdir -p  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/application_x-ms-dos-executable
cp $HERE/DATA/menu/application_x-ms-dos-executable /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/application_x-ms-dos-executable/AppRun
# Add right click menu
mkdir -p  /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/.application_x-ms-dos-executable
ln -fs /usr/local/apps/Wine /root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/.application_x-ms-dos-executable/"Launch Windows App"

Hi don570,
thanks for your time to make that pet !

The link to google.drive to download wine-easy_5.11b_amd64.pet seems to be dead or expired.
Would you mind giving a new download link?

(I have got a try downloading Mike Walsh's WINE 5.11 package and running it; but without being sure I have got it installed the right way, as I have not yet a sufficient knowledge about EasyOs.)

Thanks in adavnce.
Best regards
Charlie

Hi @ don570,

would like to download, but where is the file? google says it doesn't exist anymore.

Regards

https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... Repository

I must have screwed up and deleted the file out of my Google drive,
both versions a and b . But I have version b still at home on my computer.
I'll get and make available.

Note to Ally - that is version a

version b has a great feature. Double clicking on a 'exe' file will open
the windows app up with wine automatically.
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Uploaded again . Hopefully no mistakes this time.

Hi don570,
tons of thanks for having made it again downloadable !
Best regards
Charlie

mirrored

Good!

Thank you so much

Hi

Cannot find the files on google drive.

Is there a simple way of installing Wine or playonlinux?

Regards

@Xyz2022 Yes.

Here is a copy of WINE_5.11-portable64.tar.xz ------------ 287.95 mb. Download the package and copy it to /mnt/home or anywhere else you choose, then click on it and it should install the needed components. Then open the Rox file manager to the location of the *.exe binary you want to run and click on that *.exe

Of course there are more methods that all in the end do the same thing, so any way you execute the *.exe file is alright

Here Wine 6.0.2 run on Puppy (tar.xz 30-60 Mb) for installing and for old Tahr, Xenial Puppy
Slackware Packages / 6.0.2

wine <applcation.exe>