[SWLUG] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5

[Alun]

Thanks Paul and Bryn.

Bryn you say to run a command " rpm -q glibc " here is how new I am, where
do i type the command to get an answer,

Now you can "roflmao" at me. <grin>

Alun

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> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 20:46:56 +0100
> From: "Paul G. Richardson" <phantompgr at btopenworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Wine I cant find it
> To: Alun <alun.pd1 at ntlworld.com>
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> Alun,
>
> If yast requires libc.so.6 (glibc_2.3.4) then it is doubtful whether
> your wine installation will work correctly as this is a fundamental
> library for most linux distros I have encountered (renders the graphic
> parts of apps I think).
>
> Personal experiences of wine have been that if an app loads then great
> and if it does not then it can take alot of effort and google trawling
> to determine the problem. If you want to run Windows apps then I would
> recommend CrossOver Office (which uses wine with some Codeweavers
> proprietary code) and/or Transgaming cedega/point2play.
>
> Both of these do cost very little in comparison to what you get. XOver
> was £30 for a single license while cedega is £3/month subscription. Both
> are easy to install especially as Xoffice has a graphical setup
> programme and frontend. Loaded office seemlessly (no I dont need it as I
> use openoffice but the bread knife insisted as the price for migration
> to linux).
>
> Once installed both should install menu entries and the loading of
> applications is intuitive.
>
> Just a couple of thoughts.
>
> Paul
>
> P.G. Richardson
> I.T. Consultant
> LogicaCMG
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> Alun wrote:
> > Hi Guys, here is another total Newbie.
> >
> > I want to run Linux on my laptop, the problem is I need to run a few
> > windows programmes I have no choice in.
> >
> > So I thought ok lets try Wine I down loaded the rpm  file fron the Wine
> > HQ site.
> >
> > I am running SUSE 9.1 professional this version set itself up for just
> > about everything except my scanner and a gdi printer I have this on my
> > home m/c.
> >
> > I told yast to install it but it came back with a fault saying it needed
> > libc.so.6(glibc_2.3.4) which I cannot find, so I told the programme to
> > ignore and carry on installing Wine.
> >
> > My problem is how do I find the .exe file I need to start it up, if I
> > can get this to run right then I will feel confident about installing
> > linux on my laptop as I can then install my parts catalogue into Wine
> > also possibly Publisher as a lot of the company files are compiled in
> > that programme.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Alun
> >
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> Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:15:40 +0100
> From: Bryn Reeves <hagbard at nildram.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Wine I cant find it
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> On 20:46 Wed 13 Oct     , Paul G. Richardson wrote:
> > Alun,
> >
> > If yast requires libc.so.6 (glibc_2.3.4) then it is doubtful whether
> > your wine installation will work correctly as this is a fundamental
> > library for most linux distros I have encountered (renders the graphic
> > parts of apps I think).
> >
>
> Even more fundamental than that :) It's the C standard library, not a lot
> will work without it. glibc refers to the GNU implementation used on most
> Linux distributions.
>
> The problem here is likely the particular version that Wine has been
> compiled to use. A command something like:
>
> rpm -q glibc
>
> Will reveal the particular version installed on your machine. (For RPM
> based distros like Red Hat, SuSE etc.).
>
> Have you tried installing all the latest updates from SuSE?
>
> regards,
>
> Bryn.
>
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