Adobe Digital Editions "already running" when try to open with Wine

[sgroffman]

Hello,

I just downloaded Wine so I can read an ebook which requires Adobe Digitial Editions. But when I try to install Adobe Digital Editions from the .exe file with Wine, (right clicked and selected wine64 from the browse menu) it tells me it's "already running" and that I must close program and try again. I tried moving the .exe to trash, deleting, restarting computer and downloading again, but no luck. I tried the wine64 file as well as the wineconsole file, with the same result. Any tips?

[CelticWarrior]

The support for Adobe Digital Editions under WINE is far from perfect but not bad at all considering the huge constrains: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...sion&iId=33276
The above is for the latest version tested.

[wildmanne39]

Thread moved to Wine for a more appropriate fit.

[sgroffman]

Hmm that didn't have much... When I try through the terminal to run

wine PROGRAM [ADE_4.5_Installer.exe]

It tells me:

wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\PROGRAM.exe"

Is there something I can change in the configurations to make it find it?

[HC48]

Good morning. I have the same problem as sgroffman and have tried the latest version of ADE and several earlier ones that I managed to find online. I have Ubuntu 18.4 and lost ADE when I upgraded. It worked in Ubuntu 14.
I have installed the stable version of wine for Ubuntu 18.4 as advised, wine tricks and play on wine, to no avail. Is this a problem with Ubuntu 18.4 as it is 64 bit and wine warns that some programs work best with 32 bit? I have seen the notes about different wine prefixes but started to get a bit lost. In any case I have tried both to the best of my ability. Thanks for any help.

[HC48]

I just found a post in which someone got Adobe Digital Editions to work using virtualbox on the linuxmint forums but doesn't say how he did it. I don't know any thing about virtualbox and have started looking for information. Can anyone give me a step by step method (for dummies) as to how I could do this? I was wondering if I added my old Ubuntu 14.4 in virtualbox I could get ADE back as it was working on that system. Am I on the right track? Would this upset my present 18.4 system. I am using an old PC.

[CelticWarrior]

Virtualbox is virtualization software, it can be used to create and manage virtual machines. A virtual machine is a guest OS running "inside" the host OS.

So, yes, the software would be running natively in a Windows VM as mentioned in forum you've been reading. That said, please note that not all computers support virtualization or may not not have enough resources and for a Windows VM you also need a Windows license for a supported Windows version.

[HC48]

Thank you for the reply Celtic Warrior. Yes, I realised it would be a problem to get a Windows VM as I only use Ubuntu OS so I was thinking of getting an older version of Ubuntu VM in which ADE actually worked. I wish someone would simply deal with the problem in a more simple way. Indeed I'm worried about using virtualbox on my old computer and I was hoping someone would get ADE to work again in Wine. I will wait and see I think. I researched the Calibre plug-in for my reader but it's a Pocket Book Touch and there is no configuration for it.

[CelticWarrior]

I'm not sure you understand what a virtual machine is.

[HC48]

Thank you Celtic Warrior. Ok, I will try to understand better if I decide it's worth the trouble, so never mind, and thanks again. Meanwhile if anyone can get ADE working in Wine with Ubuntu 18.04 i will be on the lookout!