Java Install problem on Wine

[Tatariw]

Hellos everybody!
I tried Ubuntu about two years ago for some days, but went back to windows for some reason. Now I've come back to the Ubuntu world and using Ubuntu for some ten days, it feels right! See now that the Ubuntu community is growing fast.


I have question though, some applications at my work place are depend on IE6 and specific Java ver.
I need IE6 just for these application to work. After installing IE6 on Wine, IE6 keeps closing ever time I try to open the application. The problem is that j2re-1_4_2_15-windows-i586 was not properly installed. This is the allowed Java ver for this application. I have been searching around to find a solution with no real result.


Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Greetings
Tatariw

[HotShotDJ]

A quick search turned up the following (see comment #10 in the linked thread): http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=298910

NOTE: I have not done this myself, so I can't personally vouch for the method. If you try it, please post back and let us know if it worked or not.

[Troll_the_Great]

Did you install the windows version on IE 6? There is a program called ie4linux, maybe it will work better for you. You can find it here:
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page
Hope this helps.
Cheers!

[Tatariw]

Hi,

I have installed ies4linux. Am working on the process link HotShotDJ has sent.
The thing again is that I can not locate the drive_c (it is not there) at home folder to add advpack.dll file. It is hiding some place?

Thanks again!

[Doomspark]

The drive_c folder is in a hidden folder called .wine in your home directory.

EDIT: Example - mine is in /home/doomspark/.wine

[Tatariw]

Hi,
Every folder under my /home/myuser/ does not contain a folder named .wine (no wine folder here at all). Should I remove and install wine, ie4linux etc from add/remove again?

Thanks again!

[45acp]

The .wine folder is a hidden folder. If you are using nautilus hit ctrl h. to show hidden files.

[Tatariw]

Than you,
The .wine folder is now located and I can paste the advpack.dll file on system32 folder.
The advpack was already there, overwrited. Choosing advpack.dll from wine configuration again and a new install of Java did not give any solution. Installation of Java is interupted, because there is an error on patchjre.exe file.

And another thing is that the currupt installation of Java in wine can't be uninstalled.

Thanks for your follow ups folks!!!

[HotShotDJ]

Installation of Java is interupted, because there is an error on patchjre.exe file.

And another thing is that the currupt installation of Java in wine can't be uninstalled.

The cool thing with Wine is that you can start out fresh simpy by deleting the .wine directory in your home folder (you can even create "wine bottles" for different applications, but lets not get into that right now). That is what I would do at this point. I suspect that the initial bad install of Java may be contributing to your problem.

Go ahead and drag the .wine directory to your trash bin, and then start again. Get IE installed, and then follow the link I gave you above and try to install Java. If there are any errors, make sure you post them. There were several packages from Microsoft that I had to install in WINE before I could get some software to run (mostly involving VB 6), and it was the error messages from Wine that helped me track down the issues.

If you continue to have problems, let me know and I'll see if I can replicate them on my system. What version of Wine do you have installed? (Applications -> Wine -> Configure Wine and click on the "About" tab)

[HotShotDJ]

Ok -- I've successfully installed IE6 + Java 1.4.2_19. Tested at http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/...n/applets.html (many java sites do NOT work, as they require newer version of Java)

1) Deleted my .wine directory (actually, I just moved it out of the way)
2) Used Winetricks

wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks

3) Using Winetricks,installed:

• ie6
• allfonts
• d3dx9
• wininet

4) Installed Java 1.4

wine j2re-1_4_2_19-windows-i586-p.exe

5) Simulated a Windows reboot (for good measure)

wineboot

6) Ran IE6 and tested some java 1.4 applets at the above listed website

wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/iexplore.exe

NOTE:

• Wine Version: 1.0.1 (from standard Jaunty repository)
• Winetricks Version 20090705
• Java install file: j2re-1_4_2_19-windows-i586-p.exe