Can't get wine hq to start

[hyg71886]

This is my 1st day with Ubuntu Linux, I have everything running good except a good wma music player. But I installed wine hq(at least thats what the screen said), but i cant find it anywhere. I dont even know how to run the program. I tried to use the guide at http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/...DEX+Wine+Games
but i couldnt get it. Can anyone help?

[cogadh]

Wine isn't really a program that you can run, it's just a compatibility layer that allows Windows apps to run in Linux. Click on the "Stuff I've learned about Wine" link in my sig for more information.

[hyg71886]

Wine isn't really a program that you can run, it's just an emulation layer that allows Windows apps to run in Linux. Click on the "Stuff I've learned about Wine" link in my sig for more information.

excuse the dumbass question but, I read ur thread, and im still lost. I dont even know how to start the prog. Forgive the slowness this is my first day with ubuntu linux i had to skip my workout for yesterday and today just to get my laptop where its at now.

[cogadh]

I guess the first step is to ask what Windows application do you want to run in Linux?

[hyg71886]

I guess the first step is to ask what Windows application do you want to run in Linux?

Half life which means i have to run steam, also myspace im, o media monkey cuz all the media players i tried for linux sucks

[cogadh]

You don't like to start with easy things, do you. Okay, lets start with Steam.

The first thing you need to do is download the Steam client installation (SteamInstall.msi). I recommend saving it to your home folder. Once you have downloaded it, do this in a terminal to start the install:

wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi

The install should progress just as it does in Windows. After the install, Steam will launch and may fail to update at 26%, if it does, do this:

wine SteamTmp.exe SelfUpdate "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" 14

Once you've got it installed, post back and we'll move on to the rest. I may not be available to help for much longer, but there are plenty of people on these forums who can assist further.

EDIT - I just did a check on Wine's AppDB (the Wine Application Database) and both MySpace IM and Media Monkey won't run in Wine. There are plenty of IM alternatives available on Linux, but I don't know if they are compatible with whatever protocol MySpace uses. As for a media player, there are literally dozens of alternatives available on Linux, but they do require you to install some proprietary codecs before they will support wma playback. If the files you are trying to play have DRM applied to them, you won't be able to play them at all in Linux.

[hikaricore]

media monkey cuz all the media players i tried for linux sucks

Errmm... what exactly do you expect out of a media player? There's dozens of amazing cross-platform audio and video players in existance. Many of them are in the repos.

[hyg71886]

You don't like to start with easy things, do you. Okay, lets start with Steam.

The first thing you need to do is download the Steam client installation (SteamInstall.msi). I recommend saving it to your home folder. Once you have downloaded it, do this in a terminal to start the install:

wine msiexec /i SteamInstall.msi

The install should progress just as it does in Windows. After the install, Steam will launch and may fail to update at 26%, if it does, do this:

wine SteamTmp.exe SelfUpdate "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" 14

Once you've got it installed, post back and we'll move on to the rest. I may not be available to help for much longer, but there are plenty of people on these forums who can assist further.

EDIT - I just did a check on Wine's AppDB (the Wine Application Database) and both MySpace IM and Media Monkey won't run in Wine. There are plenty of IM alternatives available on Linux, but I don't know if they are compatible with whatever protocol MySpace uses. As for a media player, there are literally dozens of alternatives available on Linux, but they do require you to install some proprietary codecs before they will support wma playback. If the files you are trying to play have DRM applied to them, you won't be able to play them at all in Linux.

After the 26% thing happened i did step 2 and got this

hyg71886@Vanessa:~$ wine SteamTmp.exe SelfUpdate "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" 14
wine: could not load L"c:\\windows\\system32\\SteamTmp.exe": Module not found

[cogadh]

I was afraid that might happen. Do you have Steam installed on a Windows machine already?

[hyg71886]

I was afraid that might happen. Do you have Steam installed on a Windows machine already?

no, all i have is linux now