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Date:      Fri, 26 Aug 2005 22:08:01 +0000
From:      Zorro Super Hero <z.zorro.z@gmail.com>
To:        jahnke@fmjassoc.com
Cc:        Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wine
Message-ID:  <a804b863050826150865a063fc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1125090538.636.12.camel@localhost>
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hi Frank
i just install "wine" version 20050310 like Alex tall me befor.
(Alex - a nice man that help me and tall me to install it frome the
port's that come with Freebsd )
its installd and now i need to know how to install Office or any other
windows program.
do you know any good manual that i can get and read (a step by step manuel)=
=20
its my first time that i see the "wine".

and Thank you for you'r mail.



On 8/26/05, Frank Jahnke <jahnke@fmjassoc.com> wrote:
> Wine is a difficult program to use, particularly on FreeBSD. =20
>=20
> 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.htm=
l
> ; that will get rid of a heap error you will otherwise get.
>=20
> 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. =20
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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. =20
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Frank
>=20
>



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