Wine that can run Windows software in Linux

　WineIs an excellentLinuxThe simulator software on the system platform is used to stably run the software on Windows in Linux. The following describes how to configure it.

Let's take a look at Figure 1 below. You will be surprised to ask: "Wow! Isn't HyperSnap-DX, a well-known image capture software in Windows? When will it be transplanted to Linux ?", You are wrong. This is indeed running HypdrSnap-DX in Windows in Linux, because from the current situation, there are still too few Linux-based applications, so some people developed WineWine Is Not a Emulator that can use Windows software), such as ACDSee, WinZip, MS Word, MS Excel, and even some games can run in Linux? Is it itchy? Come with me ......

Figure 1

●Download

Wine official website is http://www.winehq.com, in the above you can find Wine source code, configure your own compilation, but this process is more cumbersome! I suggest you download a compiled release from CodeWeavers, Which is http://www.codeweavers.com/wine/download.htm1/codeweavers-wine-20042626-4.i386.rpm.

●Install

The installation of Wine is very simple. Next I will take Hongqi Linux2.0 as an example to introduce the whole process of installing Wine:

Log on as a root user and type "startx" in the command line to enter the X Window environment. Find the downloaded Wine file and click it. The Window shown in Figure 2 appears, click "Install" to complete Wine installation. After the installation is complete, we also need to load the Windows partition to a directory in Linux, and execute the following command to load the Windows C partition to the/mnt/dosc directory in Linux:

　

Figure 2

Mkdir/mnt/dosc if the dosc directory already exists, this step can be omitted)

Mount-t vfat/dev/hda1/mnt/dos

●Set Wine

Wine cannot be configured as root. Therefore, before setting Wine, create a common user! In the command line, type "startx" to enter the X Window environment, and then execute winesetup to open the Wine setup program. The screen displays the welcome screen. 3 ).

　

Figure 3

Click "Install KDE" and the Wine setting wizard is displayed. 4) this wizard requires us to select the location where the Wine configuration file is saved and create a new configuration file according to the default settings, click "Next" to go to the Next step.

　

Figure 4

In "select Windows installation path" setting 5), this wizard allows us to select whether to use an existing Windows directory or create a new Windows installation directory, select one based on your own situation! Click "Next" to go to the Next step.

Figure 5

In the figure 6 in this window, you can make final adjustments to Wine, such as the appearance of Windows running software and the location of each drive letter. However, to make the interface more friendly, you 'd better set Windows to "Windows 98 ".

　

Figure 6

●Application

The Wine settings have been completed. Is it too simple? Next we can run the software in Windows in Linux, switch to the directory where the application is located in the file manager, then you will find that the executable file in Windows *. exe ,*. com) icon has become the wine shape, click to run double-click, but open two Oh !), Take a look at Figure 7 below), wow! Even the drag-and-drop contest! However, Wine does not support Chinese very well, and the Chinese text on the menu cannot be seen.

Figure 7

You can also play Starcraft with Wine! If you are interested, try it!

The above article introduces how to configure Wine in Linux. I believe everyone will. You can use Wine to implement the software that can be used in Windows. This article is helpful to everyone.

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