MS visual studio 6.0

[noahanesh]

hi all,

is there a way i can use MS visual studio on Ubuntu?

thanks

[pgatrick]

You might be able to run it under wine (winehq.org).

[Tom_ZeCat]

He's right. Wine would be the only way.

Are you wanting to run Visual Studio so that you can program in Visual BASIC? If so, you might want to consider REALbasic. It's a lot like VB 6, much more so than VB.Net. In fact, a lot of VB code can be cut and pasted into RB and run. Other code can run with minor modifications. And RB will run under Linux with no need for Wine and will compile Linux-based apps with no dependencies. The personal edition for Linux is free (and compiles only without limitations for Linux). The professional edition costs some money, but will compile for Linux, Macintosh, and Windows with no limitations.

[Sorivenul]

There are a few posts around the forums on Visual Studio, etc. in Wine. Most theorize it won't work for the simple fact that a good portion of the code is in .NET, there are a huge assortment of required MS library dependencies, and so forth. Give it a shot, but if it doesn't work, REALbasic is a great alternative to VB6. Good luck to you.

[linuxguymarshall]

Why MS visual studio. There are plenty of great Linux IDEs. (Eclipse?)

[wd5gnr]

Of course, if it doesn't work (suspect it doesn't) and you have an XP or Vista license you could always install a virtualizer like VirtualBox, install Windows, and then install VS there. VirtualBox has integration so you can share directories, clipboard, etc. I run a few things that way (Endicia postage mainly).