[dmneoblade]

Hello, there, techguys and techgals!

I have SuSE 9.1/WinXP running on a Dell Inspirion 1150 (very nicely, btw.)
However, I want to install Wine on the SuSE part of my drive. I got the RPM, installed it just fine, and read the readme.
It mentioned needing some windows DLL files.

Here is where it gets fun:
I want to use the win98se DLLs from a CD (all in .cab files) instead of XP. This is due to having many games not work properly under XP without jumping through hoops, and I fear what will happen on the laptop if I try some of them. So, I extracted the files to

~/.wine/drive_c/w98inst/

And now need help installing them in the places needed, so I can run my favorite windows programs without rebooting. If this works out well, then the XP partition will be deleted, and SuSE will fill up to take its place.

Viva la Tux!
~DMNeoblade.

PS: sorry for the roundabout explanation... 3:30am and my mind is starting to go wierd.

[Whiteskin]

Wine comes with most of the basic dlls that it needs. (look at winesetuptk), and when you install a game it will install all the DLLS it needs. This should hold true for most things. Wine is still quite immature, and if you are looking at completely replacing windows I would be looking at Transgaming's Cedega.

[dmneoblade]

Erm... I'm not too willing to pay a monthly subscribtion for a program to save me rebooting time. I mean, why pay $5 a month, when I can get it for free with a reboot?

[Whiteskin]

That's my attitude, however some people dislike windows enough to pay the five bucks a month. There is a way to get around the registration fee, by doing a CVS checkout yourself, but it's not really in the spirit of things. I'd be more willing to pay if it came as a bundled product with free upgrades for 3 years or whatnot.

[dmneoblade]

I was reading something about it not having certain DLLs though...

[Whiteskin]

Try installing, and if you get it barfing on an error, then go dll searching. Or, copy all the dlls from your windows box to your linux box. I just don't see the point until you need them.