execute downloaded files (including WINE)

[peterbmetcalf]

Someone in the forum recommended using WINE for slower computers in order to execute downloaded files. However, if I am not mistaken, WINE is an executable file that must be downloaded. How does one execute WINE in linux/ubuntu?
Thanks very much.

[oldos2er]

Someone in the forum recommended using WINE for slower computers in order to execute downloaded files.

Non sequitur? Wine is software used to run some Windows programs under Linux; it has nothing to do with "slower" computers.

However, if I am not mistaken, WINE is an executable file that must be downloaded. How does one execute WINE in linux/ubuntu?
Thanks very much.

You don't run Wine by itself, you use it invoke a Windows program, for example

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

Can you give some more details e.g. Ubuntu version, and which programs you're trying to run?

[The Cog]

That's ugly. This is better:

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

[monkeybrain2012]

That's ugly. This is better:

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

Why? This is still ugly. If you have an .exe file you just click it. It will run if WINE is installed.

[Baldrick_NZ]

...It will run if WINE is installed.

Not necessarily.

It runs some seamlessly, some with minor issues, some with major issues (eg: iTunes), and some not at all.

If your windows program is fairly common, you can check it's workability under Wine here: http://appdb.winehq.org/

As always, check the software centre, as there is often a native Linux program which might be an acceptable alternative, or maybe even the same thing as Windows, eg: VLC, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, etc... Using Windows programs should always be a last resort under Linux.

[monkeybrain2012]

Not necessarily.

It runs some seamlessly, some with minor issues, some with major issues (eg: iTunes), and some not at all.

If your windows program is fairly common, you can check it's workability under Wine here: http://appdb.winehq.org/

As always, check the software centre, as there is often a native Linux program which might be an acceptable alternative, or maybe even the same thing as Windows, eg: VLC, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, etc... Using Windows programs should always be a last resort under Linux.

I know that. What I meant was that if the .exe file runs under WINE, it will run by simply clicking it without having to use the command line. I think the context should have made it clear.