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run MS Windows programs under Wine?

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run MS Windows programs under Wine?

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+ + + + + Many folks have successfully installed and run some small programs + in their UNIX filesystem without having a DOS partition or MS + Windows. However, in many cases you need a directory and file + infrastructure that is similar to an existing Windows installation. + Some applications’ installation programs want to distribute some of + the package’s files into the /windows and /windows/system + directories in order to run, and unless these exist on your UNIX + file system, those programs will not install correctly and probably + will not run well, if at all. + + + If you have a DOS partition with MS Windows installed in it, make + sure that your UNIX system can ‘see’ this partition (check your + /etc/fstab file or mount the partition manually) so that Wine can + run the MS Windows binaries located in the DOS partition. To run + without a DOS partition, you need to set a UNIX path to be your + drive C, and make sure that the /w

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