WINE-Running Windows applications under Linux

Wine is a software to run some Windows applications under Linux.
Unlike VMWare or VirtualBox, Wine n'émule not a full PC, but only the Win32 API (Windows system calls).

The emulation is not perfect, but it can in many cases to run Windows applications directly under Linux, without resorting to heavy virtual machines.

Installation

On Debian/Ubuntu, type:

sudo apt-get install wine

Test

We will test AutoStitch, a small software designed to automatically and panoramas that exists only on Windows.

Download the program here and extract it: http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger 160 autostitch

Then right-click on the file. Exe> Open with another application ...
Choose Wine Windows Emulator, in the list then click Open.

And here it is, Magic! Your Windows application is running.
Thereafter, you can simply double-click the file. Exe to run it (no need to right-click). Note that you can also add to the main menu.

Install a software

If the program you are running is an installation, just make sure the default destination is c:\Program Files
At the end of the installation, you will see the program you installed in the Application Menu.

Directories

In Windows applications running under Wine:
• "My Documents" is your home directory (home)
• C: equivalent to ~ / .wine / drive_c
• Z: is the root of your file system (/)

Notes

All software Windows do not work as well in Wine. Some will not work in Wine.

That said, Linux users were able to successfully run Microsoft Word, μTorrent and even Internet Explorer!