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WineTools
0.9
WineTools is a menu driven installer for installing about 90 Windows
programs under the
x86 (Athlon or Intel PC) processor architecture with the Linux
operating system using Wine. This software lets you install the
following Windows software:
- DCOM98
- IE6
- Windows Core Fonts
- Windows System Software
- Office &
Office Viewer
- Adobe Photoshop 7,
Illustrator 9
- many other programs
It also sets up your .wine directory in the correct way, downloads the
files to install from the web (only the free and shareware ones for
sure), installs Windows fonts and lets you uninstall and configure your
software. And it does much more than Sidenet,
although older versions used to use a part of
the configuration for IE6 (thanks for that!).
WineTools was initially
written by Frank Hendriksen <frank||frankscorner.org>
and was extended by me (Joachim von
Thadden <thadden||web.de>) and Sven Paschukat
<Sven.Paschukat||t-online.de>.
It is licensed under the GPL.
For documents and software available from my site
I do not warrant or assume any legal liability or
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, apparatus, product,
or process disclosed.
This software allows you to install copyrighted
material. Some of it is Commercial Software, some
of it is Shareware, Freeware or OpenSource
Software. You have to look for your own if you
satisfy the wishes of the respected owner of the
copyright. Note that you might have to have a
valid license for Microsoft Windows to use some
of the software, especially DCOM98 and Internet
Explorer 6.
E. g. the EULA for IE6
states:
"NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY "OS PRODUCT" (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000, MICROSOFT MILLENNIUM EDITION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP, OR ANY OTHER MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS A SUCCESSOR TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING OPERATING SYSTEMS) YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY, OR OTHERWISE USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA."
The actual version wt0.9jo
works with Wine versions 0.9[123].
Wine version |
comment |
tested with
WineTools
version |
download |
0.9x |
this is the recommended combination
works quite well,
but
- WinWord
initializes on every single start
- probably many
other problems
|
wt0.9jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
0.9 |
works quite well,
but
- WinWord
initializes on every single start
- probably many
other problems
|
wt0.9jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
20050419 |
This version is
currently not supported by WineTools as it has
far too many drawbacks:
- WinWord can not
refresh the screen and is unusable
|
wt212jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
20050310 |
This version is
currently not supported by WineTools as it is
not tested. |
not supported |
20050211 |
This version is
not supported by WineTools as there are too
many drawbacks. |
not supported |
20050111 |
There is only very
experimental support for this version of
Wine in WineTools. You should consider using Wine
20041019. There are several drawbacks with 20050111 like:
- Acrobat Reader 6
does not work correctly
- MS Access hangs
very frequently
- the Outlook
splash screen is in the way and can not be
removed by SplashScreenKiller
- Outlook crashes
when opening mails with attachments
- Notes 6.5.x has
problems while opening tabs (e.g.
Replication)
|
wt2121jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
20041201 |
In Internet
Explorer 6 the buttons don't exist. The program
is usable and you can use the empty buttons anyway. If you hover over
them with the mouse the tooltip tells you which one is which. |
wt212jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
20041019 |
this is the recommended combination if you want to use a Wine version prior 20050628 |
wt212jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
20040914 |
version works
quite well |
wt212jo |
rpm
tar.gz
|
You can download Wine
from here.
Older versions can be downloaded here.
Notes on some distributions:
- RedHat, Fedora Core, SuSE and other rpm based distribution users use the rpm.
RedHat
based distributions might not have an appropiate
Xdialog installed. The one included in WineTools may or may not work
with your distibution. If you encounter problems, you can find
Xdialog-RPMs for your distribution at http://rpmseek.com/rpm-pl/Xdialog.html
or at http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xdialog/.
- other distributions
use the tar.gz
-
Debian users look into their repository or use the tar.gz.
A note on
internationalization (i18n):
i18n is done by gettext. The gettext
package must have a script named gettext.sh
to work with WineTools.
As some distributions don't have a valid gettext.sh script in their
gettext package,
WineTools provides a dummy one. Note that you do not have translations
in that case!
For RPM packages just download and on a command line type
rpm -Uvh winetools-0.9-*.rpm
For the tar.gz unpack it as root to a temporary directory and execute
install.sh
from there. It is installed in /usr/local/winetools. If you want to
have it somewhere else, change $BASEDIR in wt0.9jo and findwine.
Execute by typing (Not as
root!)
wt
on a shell.
Note
that you should
definitely start with the menu entry "Base setup" and create a new fake
Windows
drive. If you want to save your
old .wine directory, you can use
the
backup funktion of WineTools. Do
not use as root. Do not use as
root. Do not use as root.
You can find the list of supported software here.
Note that the list is unsorted.
If you want to have unsupported software included that is known to be
working with Wine, send me an email with
- name, version and
language of the software
- exact download location
- website for
informations
- specialities for
installation with Wine (config, command line
parameters, ...)
It will be included in one of the next versions.
At the moment I have approximately 30.000 downloads per
month... To support installation, configuration and running of your
software on the
Linux platform I recommend that you send me an unlimited, personal
license
of your software. Note that this is for testing and helping
WineTools users only as I use Linux programs for my work.
Send comments, bugreports, etc. to thadden||web.de.
Don't blame me for the
code. It's a horrible hack but it works.
Note: This software comes with absolutely no warranty. You will not get any support or help for WineTools, Wine, software installations, Linux or Microsoft Windows from the author. If you need help, ask the mailing lists at http://www.winehq.org/site/forums. If you want support, buy the commercial versions of Wine: CodeWeavers CrossOver Office (http://www.codeweavers.com) for Desktop Applications or TransGamings Cedega (formerly known as WineX) (http://www.transgaming.com) for playing games.
If you would like to get professinal support for Wine, WineTools, your
Wine installation or migration to Linux, write me a mail
<thadden||web.de>.
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fr |
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