From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 14:25:15 2004 Return-Path: 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 A21A016A4D1 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:25:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp18.wxs.nl (smtp18.wxs.nl [195.121.6.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0A443D31 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:25:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp18.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I5B00F7YMQ1WF@smtp18.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:25:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i99EPDeQ001163; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:25:13 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by alex.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i99EPDFc001162; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:25:13 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:25:12 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <49461.81.84.174.8.1097270437.squirrel@81.84.174.8> To: Hugo Silva Message-id: <20041009142512.GA772@alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <49461.81.84.174.8.1097270437.squirrel@81.84.174.8> X-Authentication-warning: alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Age of Empires on FreeBSD --- Possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:25:15 -0000 On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 09:20:37PM -0000, Hugo Silva wrote: > I really need to get Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion working > on my (only workstation) FreeBSD box. > > I don't have windows anymore and I'll not switch back to be able to play, > but I'd like to know if it is possible at all to run the game on BSD. > Perhaps winex ? I heard it is compiling OK now with several patches.. > > Also read people could run Diablo II and WarCraft III, so perhaps it's > possible to play AoE with winex. > > Where can I get a working winex version for FreeBSD? (5.2.1-RELEASE) > > If any of you could make this game run on FreeBSD, I'd love to know how it > was achieved. Hi Hugo, I'm guessing your new to FreeBSD. FreeBSD works with a port system. This can be compaired with the Debian apt-get. You can find more information about this in the handbook that you can find at www.freebsd.org/handbook. As to you're question. I didn't find these games in the ports. If these games exist for linux then you can rum them on FreeBSD by enable the linux support. You could also install wine (although you may need a windows partion for this) or vmware (you _don't_ need a windows partion for this). These are in the ports. You can install these by: cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine; make install && make clean cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3; make install && make clean -- Alex Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/