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Subject: Re: Wine without X
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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