How do I run a windows application on Linux?
Sunday, December 13th, 2009 at
14:50
I’m trying to run an emulator, but I can’t figure out how to install the linux version and the Windows version is, of course, only for windows. So, any solutions? [Preferably one that does not involve paying god-knows-how-much for Vista/XP]
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windows softwares will not run in linux,the package for linux is different,
there are linux versions released for certain softwares such as yahoo messenger,mozilla
Even using a emulator, you still need to install windows so it has a program to emulate.
Have you tried using WINE? It is a freeware opensource program that is made to run windows programs nativity as it was running on windows. This is not an emulator but makes a compatibility layer for windows programs to run.
download latest verison of WINE:
http://www.winehq.org/download/
database of tested programs of running (and not running) on WINE:
http://appdb.winehq.org/
Any configurations needed and test results will be shown in the database.
Use WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator), you can install it through the synaptic package manager (if using Ubuntu).
Good luck!
winehq.org
It tends to be buggy though since it is a Windows emulator (if you run 32-bit it’s a bit better than 64)
The best way to do it is with Wine http://www.winehq.org/ . Install it and then use the command wine /path/to/executable.
If you want to run a game than often cedega http://www.cedega.com/ will run it better, though cedega is not free (it is based off wine).
Hope that helps. Cheers.
There is WINE as has already been suggested but it is always best to see if you can find and use native Linux software before you resort to running an emulator.
Major Linux Applications
http://www.bellevuelinux.org/appslist.html
Also your distro. is likely to contain an open source version of what you are looking for.
For example in Ubuntu thousands of open source applications can be found in the Synaptic Package Manager https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto
LUg.