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Winetricks is a shell script that enables the user to download redistributable libraries which may be required for certain programs to run correctly in wine.

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Installing dotnet 2.0 on 64 bit machine

I have a speed-reading program I purchased with uses dotnet2. However, dotnet2 doesn't run on 64 bit wine. How would I install dotnet2?
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winetricks sha1sum mismatch rename and try again

I just started using Ubuntu, and I'm trying to get Wine up and running. By using Winetricks I'm trying to install some software and I keep getting this error message: it says sha1sum mismatch! Rename /home/.cache/winetricks/win2ksp4/W2KSP4_EN.EXE…
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winetricks can't install mfc42

I'm trying to have a Windows program (Janome Customizer) run with wine. I have an "out of the box" Ubuntu 64bits 12.04 install, and just ran Software Center to update all packages. Installation of Customizer went OK, then I run the program, a window…
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How do I get the latest version of winetricks on Ubuntu?

I have installed Wine and I am quite happy with my current version but winetricks has let me down a few times with various error messages. How do I update winetricks to get the very latest version on Ubuntu?
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The connection of Wine and PlayOnLinux

I'm about to install wine on my new ubuntu 10.10 installation, however I can't determaine if I should install Wine or PlayOnLinux. I've already read over the following page http://wiki.winehq.org/PlayOnLinux, however the differences are not very…
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What is the difference between wine versions: stable, staging, devel, development?

I tried to install wine using these commands: sudo apt-get install -y wine And: sudo apt-get install wine But terminal says that: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package wine is a…
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Install the latest version of the Adobe Reader in Ubuntu or wine

In Ubuntu, I want to open a PDF document generated for Adobe Reader 10. Apparently the latest version which I can install is Adobe Reader 9.5.5. Is there a way to install version 10? I installed Wine, but I don't know how to install acroread using…
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Where does Wine store files?

I have a dotnet 4.5.2 application, which is just a console application that saves some datafeed into a .txt file. The program depends on some .dll files (private data-connectors, I don't have control over them). I installed dotnet 4.5.2 via…
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How do I tell winetricks to work with a different prefix?

I'm trying to enable alsa on different prefix than default through winetricks. More specifically, the prefix that has Rosetta Stone on it, as it cannot see my microphone. When I open winetricks, it only lets me select default. I tried anyway, on…
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How do I install iTunes?

I have an iPhone and run Ubuntu on all of my personal computers. Since I did not want to keep a separate partition with Windows on it for the sole purpose of running iTunes, I attempted to install It using Wine. I installed Wine 1.4 from the…
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How to uninstall a particular dll from winetricks?

Have Googled for this but couldn't find a way to re-install riched20.dll I installed to install a Windows application (I don't remember the application) some days ago. Is there anyway(command-line or via the GUI) to remove and/or re-install dll's…
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How to uninstall a program installed through Wine

I installed Picasa 3.9 with Wine, but I did not like it, and now I want to delete it. I tried uninstalling Picasa with the option from Picasa help menu but it didn't work. How do I fully uninstall Picasa from Wine?
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Problem to install .NET 4.6 using Wine

I'm quite new using Wine so I'm gonna list i've done: sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds sudo apt update sudo apt install wine-devel export WINEARCH=win32 winecfg sudo apt-get winetricks After that, i…
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Black Screen Issue in Office 2013 using Wine 2.0

I have successfully installed Office 2013 with wine version 2.0 but once any of the applications (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) launches it give a black window and a smaller white windows (I guess it is the activation window), then after a while it…
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How to install Internet Explorer 11 on Ubuntu 12.04

I would like to run IE 11 for development purpose ... I found that I can install IE from 1 to 9 using winetricks, but no IE 11. I also found this post Ask Ubuntu, but the suggested tool is working only for 30 days. Is there a way to install IE11 for…
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