[Lula] Re: Running Lotus 123v5 (for Windows 3.1) in Linux

[Dan Kegel]

On 7/24/06, Chuck Kerschner <OLFarCnArt at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I see you were able to install the entire suite!  I don't use Ami Pro
> anymore, but the next step would be the Lotus v9.5 suite from which I
> have a ton of Word Pro documents.

Sure, get me the disk and I'll try it.

> Did you get any nag screens to register the program? (major nuisance.)

No, but I didn't use it for any length of time.

> I also have several other programs to try, but don't know how to get
> them started in Mandrivel 10.1.  How do I do it?  Just put an install
> disk in the CD or floppy drive?

Ideally, yes, but what I usually do is go to the commandline
and type 'wine /media/cdrom/setup.exe'

> How will I install wine-0.9.18 in Mandrivel, which uses some kind of
> .mdk files -- I don't really understand the process.  Does wine
> install with a .deb, .tar or .gz file or what?  (I am REALLY an egg....)
> When I looked for wine on Mandrivel's "program manager" my system said
> "you already have that" and ended the process.  No telling what version
> of wine is in this thing.

Type 'wine --version', it will tell you the version.
0.9.18 isn't out yet, but the latest Wine is always downloadable
at http://winehq.org/site/download.   You would grab the Mandrake
.rpm there, and do 'rpm -Uvh wine-0.9.17-mdk.i586.rpm' to update to it.
Releases are done once or twice a month, so you shouldn't have long to wait.
- Dan
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