Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:08:58 -0700 From: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@fmjassoc.com> To: z.zorro.z@gmail.com Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wine Message-ID: <1125090538.636.12.camel@localhost>
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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
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