[Klug-general] Getting an application to work under wine

[George Prowse]

On 01/02/2011 17:01, David Halliday wrote:
> wine: http://www.winehq.org/
>
> I am looking for some more generic documentation, despite a few google
> searches (probably the wrong words) I can't find what I'm looking for.
>
> I have a windows application and want to run it under wine. The WineHQ
> has an old entry for an old version of the application so there is a
> chance it may work now. However when I try to run it it starts,
> things happen then BOOM. I have been using winetricks:
> http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks
>
> Sometimes finding a package that makes the installation go a bit further
> etc...
>
> Is there a guide/documentation that people know of where I can get some
> guidance on the output of the wine package so I can quicker find what
> libraries/APIs etc... might be missing?
> Is there a tool that can inspect a binary and work it out for me?
>
Karl [Lattimer] is the resident wine guru, he made an excellent program 
that automated it all for you: Winedoors. It seems though it is no 
longer available but i'm sure if you asked him nicely...