Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:41:07 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Barnaby Scott <bds@waywood.co.uk>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Wine without X Message-ID: <18891.41491.32334.303252@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20090326112408.8cf4aa95.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <49CB957F.30807@waywood.co.uk> <20090326112408.8cf4aa95.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran writes: > > I want to install wine, but without X on the system. > > Why would you expect this to be possible? The GUI is an integral > part of MS Windows ... I can't imagine how wine would work at all > without X installed -- which is probably why you're not getting > any answers. I'm not that familiar with Wine - does it support use of the Windows command prompt? I can conceive of a program which requires Windows libraries or the kernel, but does not use the gui. (Though I agree that at that point finding a non-Windows solution becomes increasingly attractive.) Robert Huff
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