I'm debating buying a Linux computer. Since this post is about a year old, I wanted to check if MLO and MLO Cloud Sync still runs successfully on Linux? The Linux Rating on codeweavers.com is 1 star and says "Will Not Install". Thanks for your clarification and help!
On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 2:51:12 PM UTC-4, chrisleeuk wrote: > > Hi All, > > I've recently setup MLO on Linux and have it working just fine. > I thought it would be useful to share what I did. > > I am using Linux Mint 17.3 'Rosa' although these instructions should work > for most Linux Installs. > This would probably work on a MAC, although I've not yet tested it. > > To get MLO working on Linux I'm using CodeWeavers CrossOver 15.0.1 which > allows Windows software to work on Linux. > > This costs around $60 but has a free 15 day trial. > You can probably do the same using the free 'Wine', but I've not tested it. > > *To follow this guide, you should make sure you have an internet > connection and CrossOver installed.* > > Although this seems like a lot of steps, you are really just using the > standard > CrossOver wizard to install MLO and the required XML Parser. > > *Installing MLO* > > > - Download Windows MLO setup from Website. Double click the > MLO-Setup.exe > - The 'CrossOver Software Installer' will start. > - Hit the 'Browse Available Applications..' button. > - From the list select 'Unknown' and 'Other Application' and then > click continue. > - Hit the 'Select Bottle' button at the top. Change the name of the > bottle to 'MLO' > - In the 'Compatible Bottles' select 'New Windows XP Bottle' > - Hit continue and then 'Install'. You will be asked for your Linux > login password. > > > This will install the basic MLO, however you will likely get errors on > sync. > This is because you are missing the Microsoft XML Parser. > > *Installing XML Parser* > > > - Open 'CrossOver' and hit the 'Install Windows software' button > - Type in MSXML into the box, then choose 'Microsoft XML Parser > (MSXML) 6.0 SP1' from the list. > - Hit the 'Select Bottle' button at the top. > - Make sure you select the 'MLO' bottle you created previously. This > will be in the list of compatible bottles. > - Hit continue and then 'Install'. You will be asked for your Linux > login password. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3efc0b5d-d171-46c4-943e-1786e0667cd8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
