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Ubuntu 11.10- Wine (Understanding Wine)

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I'm new to Ubuntu, I just downloaded "wine" from the command-line. So when and open up "wine", I have no idea what I'm suppose to do next. What do I do after the download had been completed..open it, then what? Let's say I want to download MS Office 2010 (using a disc, will it automatically download it)?

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-Vince

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answered 2 Years ago brailloni · Accepted Answer

Well, first you get some Windows program (.exe file - say, an installer), then you either start it from terminal using

cd /here/the/file/is

wine mywindowsprogram.exe

or as I remember you can right-click on an .exe file in Nautilus and choose "Open With..." -> "Wine"

By itself Wine has no interface or anything that can be started, it merely runs Windows programs.