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Running Wine on Ubuntu

#1 hla2000

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 11:47 AM

Hey all, I'm trying to install Wine, which is a program for Linux so that you can run Window programs. Anyway I got it downloaded, but it would not install. Has any else here tried to install it and what did you do?

#2 DaffyKantReed

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Posted 30 November 2009 - 03:12 PM

It would be helpful to know which distro you are using. Use the following link to get started.

http://ftp.winehq.org/pub/wine/docs/en/wineusr-guide.html

#3 hla2000

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Posted 01 December 2009 - 01:48 AM

I'm using the Ubuntu 9.10 and I finally figured out how to get Wine to work. But I am having a problem in getting the Adobe Reader installed for FireFox. I have it downloaded, but I can't seem to get it to install. Any suggestions there?

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Posted 01 December 2009 - 05:44 AM

Type the following at the command line:

sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

Adobe flash should now work in Firefox 3.5.5

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Posted 01 December 2009 - 12:09 PM

Replacement for Adobe Reader - Foxit.
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/foxit-reader-a-f...ent-viewer.html

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#6 Willm

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Posted 01 December 2009 - 01:59 PM

For a free linux option you can always install gnash.

#7 hla2000

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Posted 02 December 2009 - 10:20 AM

Ok, thanks for all the help. :thumbsup:

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Posted 03 December 2009 - 10:15 PM

You may find Medibuntu helpful. They are a source for many plugins, codecs, and such which can't be distributed with Ubuntu for legal (Copyright) reasons.

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