From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 21:14:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC2F616A41F for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:14:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jahnke@fmjassoc.com) Received: from smtp.wizwire.com (smtp.wizwire.com [209.218.100.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BA7A43D46 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:14:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jahnke@fmjassoc.com) Received: from pinot.fmjassoc.com (209.218.101.53.bvi2.wizwire.com [209.218.101.53]) by smtp.wizwire.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j7QLEc0r031763; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:14:38 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke To: z.zorro.z@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FMJ & Associates Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:08:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1125090538.636.12.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-WizWire-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-From: jahnke@fmjassoc.com Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jahnke@fmjassoc.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 21:14:44 -0000 Wine is a difficult program to use, particularly on FreeBSD. Please note first that it is in the FreeBSD ports collection (/usr/ports/emulators/wine), and not of the CD. That version should be 20050725. You should patch it according to http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2005-July/001181.html ; that will get rid of a heap error you will otherwise get. So far colleagues and I have a few successes. Photoshop 7 runs very well, as does Acrobat 4.0 (note: not the Reader, but Acrobat), but not the distiller. I almost have Excel and Word from Office 2000 working, but there are a few major bugs, like the ability to save a file (!). Excel in particular works very well otherwise. I have fiddled with the installation so much, though, that I'm not sure I'd be able to reproduce the steps so you could install it. I suppose I will have to reinstall Wine and try a second time once it works. Finally, I am initiating a petition encouraging CodeWeavers to release CrossOver Office on FreeBSD. It will be announced next week, and I will post a copy of the announcement here. After working with Wine a bit, I find it frustratingly tantalizing, but very difficult to get just right. The documentation, such as it is, is awful. So a professionally-supported product would be a great help, I think. Frank