On Friday 13 November 2009, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >>Unforch, from root bash shell: >>[r...@coyote misc]# wine CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi >>wine: could not load L"Z:\\usr\\dlds\\misc\\CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi": >> Bad EXE format for >>[r...@coyote misc]# wine ./CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi >>wine: could not load L"Z:\\usr\\dlds\\misc\\CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi": >> Bad EXE format for >>[r...@coyote misc]# >> >>file says its a M$ Office file so I just tried with the latest OOo, and >> its choices of what it can load do NOT include any Microsoft Office bits >> in the list. >> >>Is there some preliminary step this .msi file needs to be treated to? Or >> is this just another attempt to see if they can make us run (choke, spit, >> upchuck) a winders box. They'll put me in an urn first. > >An MSI file is a "MicroSoft Installer" file, similar to a .deb file. >You need the MS setup/install tools. I think they can be installed >using winetricks, but I'm not sure of the details. (If you're not >familiar with it, winetricks is a shell script that will download and >install all sorts of useful goodies for you) > >- Steve > Since I'm not a winderz user Steve, and don't even play one on TV, what do I need it to install from that lengthy menu?
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