Install Wine

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  • Download a Wine package suitable for your operating system from http://www.winehq.org.
  • In the terminal type
ls

to see the package is there.

  • To install the package, type
sudo rpm -Uhv wine-xxx.rpm

where xxx is the version of your actual package.

  • Type
wine

for the first time to let it make configuration entries. No errors should follow.

ls

to see that the package is there.

  • To install winetools, type
sudo rpm -Uhv winetools-xxx.rpm
  • To start winetools, in the terminal type
winetools
  • Click OK a few times.
  • In the WineTools window, select "Base setup" and click OK.
  • In the Base Setup window, create a fake Windows drive and follow all instructions on the screen. At the end notice the place where the fake windows drive was created, in
~/.wine
  • Connect to the Internet.
  • Install TrueType font Arial.
  • Install DCOM98.
  • Install Microsoft Foundation Classes 4.x.
  • Install Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1.
  • Click Main Menu to go back in the WineTools window. From there choose Install Windows system software and click OK.
  • From the System Software window, install Windows Installer.
  • Install MDAC 2.8 and Jet 4.0 SP8.
  • Install MSXML 4.0 Service Pack 2.
  • Install Windows Script 5.6.
  • Install Common Controls 5.0.
  • Click Main Menu to close the window.
  • In the WineTools window, click and install Microsoft TrueType core fonts. Install all of them.
  • Close WineTools.
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