[EdLUG] Wine

[jfogg at duck.com]

Last time I checked iTunes didn't work under WINE, was one of those pieces
of software notorious for being difficult. Looking at WINE HQ, even if the
installation works it's not usable for most features.

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=31322

On Sun, 12 May 2024, 10:37 Andrew Ramage, <
andrew.ramage.1963_at_gmail.com_jfogg at duck.com> wrote:

> 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. On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 10:31, Jere
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> 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.
>
> [image: image.png]
>
>
> 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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