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Using the Wine Windows Emulator to Run exe Application Programs on Ubuntu

November 11, 2008 By Gail Gardner 5 Comments

In order to install .exe programs on a PC running Ubuntu you use an application called Wine. Installing Wine is simple. Just click on Applications, then Add/Remove, type Wine in the search box and and place a check in the box in front of Wine Windows Emulator. Click Apply Changes and Wine will be installed for you.

So far I have tried to use Wine to install two of my favorite programs that do not have Unix versions and found several excellent references on using Wine.

The first is SnagIt Screen Capture which is a great program any blogger could put to good use. It allows you to easily make screen captures of images and any part of or entire Web pages and add them to your posts. I encountered many errors trying to install it but kept going. Although it installed it does not work.

The other program I tried is the excellent Keyword Research program AdWord Analyzer. The good news was that this program appeared to install correctly. The bad news is it immediately tried to run an updater which gives errors. I haven’t been able to open the program.

Many commonly used .exe programs are more likely to run under Wine. You can search the Wine Applications Database for information on specific programs. SnagIt has been tested under Wine and parts of it did work for someone else.

As more people switch to Ubuntu more developers will create Unix versions and/or make their applications compatible with non-Windows operating systems. There is a process to assist developers with compatibility with Wine. I hope my favorite program and application developers decide to support non-Windows operating systems.

I realized that it would make sense to see if there were any Screen Capture applications already in Ubuntu. I tried going to Applications, Add/Remove Applications but no programs come up on a search for Screen Capture.

Next I did a search online for +”screen capture” +ubuntu and found How to take a screenshot or region capture like Snagit in Ubuntu. That looks like a good solution so I have created a post on how to get a screenshot into a WordPress post.

WINE REFERENCE RESOURCES:

  • Official Wine Documention
  • Wine Application Database
  • Official Wine Help Thread

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

  • Direct Marketing Review of AdWord Analyzer
  • BC Software’s Review of SnagIt 9
  • Digital Inspiration Review of SnagIt 9
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Gail Gardner is the founder of GrowMap.com. She is a Small Business Marketing Strategist who mentors small businesses, bloggers, and freelancers. After 23 years in the field with IBM and 5.5 years managing AdWords accounts, her focus shifted to small business marketing strategy. GrowMap.com is listed by Cision as a Top 100 Site for Marketers and has received three Small Business Influencer Awards from Small Business Trends. Named by D&B a Top 50 SMB Influencer on Twitter, you can follow Gail @GrowMap and on LinkedIn.
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  1. Dave says

    September 19, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    interest articles thanks

    Reply
  2. Jaydee says

    September 17, 2010 at 6:34 am

    Hardware and software support is one thing I like about windows, games is another but for linux I trust this for if I’ll be surfing the new because I dont want to worry of viruses.
    Jaydee would love you to read ..How to speed up a slow or sluggish computerMy Profile

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  3. Tom Smith says

    December 4, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    I always read with interest these technical articles, but to be honest I’m tech illiterate.

    Reply
  4. Tanmay says

    November 5, 2009 at 12:23 pm

    Your post is really informative for me. I liked it very much.
    Keep sharing such important posts.

    Reply
  5. Daniel says

    October 29, 2009 at 6:00 am

    I always read with interest these technical articles, but to be honest I’m tech illiterate. For that reason I only buy very simple software, and if available I prefer the no download programs.

    Reply

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