Having read and read [obviously the wrong things - at least 6 months worth,] can anyone help with running WINE in Mate. [under games in boutique. ]
When you install Wine from the Software Boutique, it doesn’t add any desktop launchers, since it is pretty much in itself is a compatibility layer.
You can run your Windows programs in a few ways:
- Right click on an EXE in the file manager and choose “Run in Wine Compatibility Layer”
- Open a terminal and run
wine explorer, which will open a Windows Explorer sort of shell to navigate the “pretend” C drive and main file system (Z drive). Your home folder will be inZ:\home\
If it helps, install PlayOnLinux which is a front-end for managing Wine applications and “prefixes”. This takes care of compatibility fixes and desktop shortcuts.
When Wine has ran for the first time, it creates a “prefix” (like a pretend Windows drive in a hidden folder: ~/.wine/, if you wanted to see the files.
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Hallo xaire
Does Wine make your GNU/Linux system less secure?
You may find the following interesting:
( https://askubuntu.com/questions/562388/do-wine-viruses-only-work-while-wine-is-running)
It mentions, amongst other things, that “Playonlinux” may be a more secure option.
I’ve no experience of using either.
How do I remove WINE entirely without reinstalling? (sigh!) I was unaware
of the virus threat so thanks for the alert.
Ray
Hallo xaire
This post seems to cover this topic - please read all the way to the end.
Remember to reboot. 