Running .exe on linux

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Post May 8th, 2008, 7:02 am

ok, how do i go about doing the afore mentioned task?
im really tired, and should be working on a science assignment,

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Post May 8th, 2008, 7:02 am

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Post May 8th, 2008, 8:08 am

The file extension is no issue, but what is is that a .exe is a windows executable. Some people will tell you to use wine, others will say not to. I've never used wine but I would like to try that out, so google winehq and see for yourself.
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Post May 8th, 2008, 11:02 pm

I use wine. It was really easy to setup on Ubuntu and I can right-click -> run with wine on an exe now.
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Post May 10th, 2008, 10:11 pm

I think it's important to note that executable files must be compiled for a specific platform. You cannot *natively* run Windows executables on Linux systems, or vise versa.

Wine would be my recommended option as well.

What is the application you're trying to run? If it's freeware of some sort, have you checked to see if there's a package for your Linux distro?
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Post May 11th, 2008, 5:49 am

Umm, nothing yet.
One of my friends (a complete nerd [he turned his xbox into a super computer]) said that there was a lot of coding involved.
I haven't actually installed Ubuntu yet, because my freaking externalhard drive hasn't arrived, but I just wanted to know whether it was possible or not to run, let's say, a .exe that was a flash movie. or smething like that.

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Post May 12th, 2008, 7:13 am

If you can get a linux-oriented release of your software, that will be the best and easiest way to go. But to use wine, I think all it is is just installing it and configuring it then using wine to run the windows executable. I still am yet to use wine, maybe I'll get wolfenstein or something running with it on my slackware machine for a learning experience.
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Post June 13th, 2008, 3:35 am

hmmmmm i been using crossover and it work fine.........i can run exe file in linux............also new release of wine rc2 its already release.......
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Post June 13th, 2008, 9:27 pm

you have to purchase crossover office. wine is free. all you have to do is install it from the repository and then go ahead with running your exe, such as: $ wine dreamweaver8-eng.exe
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$ wine WoW.exe
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Post June 18th, 2008, 10:15 am

cade123 wrote:
.exe is a windows format executable, to run it you will need to install Wine.


do i hear an echo..? ;P
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Post June 18th, 2008, 2:56 pm

do i hear an echo..? ;P
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Post June 18th, 2008, 7:56 pm

agreed.
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