[EdLUG] Wine

[Andrew Ramage]

The programs are;
1.  iTunes for Windows
2. Kindle Reader for PC

I'll try to copy the popup below.  It is from KDE Connect, which links my
(old) phone and the desktop.

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On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 10:31, Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ml.elx.813 at letterboxes.org>
wrote:

> On Sun, 12 May 2024, at 10:14, Andrew Ramage wrote:
> > I have 2 install files for Windows downloaded.  When I try to execute
> them,
> > they pop up a window asking for the device to install on.  The drop down
> > list is empty and I cannot type in the text boxd on the window.  How do I
> > get the files installed ?
>
> Dunno.  What ae you trying to install?
>
> Are you trying to install Windows itself, (I suppose not, if WINE is
> involved)
> or applications designed to run under Windows?
>
> Is the pop-up window coming from one of those installers, or from Wine?
>
> I can't think of any installer that I've run from/under Windows that uses a
> drop-down menu to ask where something should be placed.  They
> normally just ask for the path to a directory.
>
> Installers for Windows applications are sometimes not needed (under
> Windows, I mean).  Some authors provide "portable" versions which
> are merely zipped up collections of files that one can place where
> one wants, if one knows how to, set up one's own shortcuts if one
> needs them etc.
>
> There's also "Portable Apps" which are something different, but as
> (under Windows) those install as standalone programs (which could
> be put on a USB stick ... but in my case I put them on an SSD but
> outwith the normal Windows directories) and it's possible those
> would work better under Wine as they're already designed not to
> be in standard Windows locations.
>
> It's worth hunting for the simpler option, if it exists.
>
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