WineTools
Author: Joachim von Thadden
Description: WineTools is a menu driven installer for installing Windows programs under Linux using Wine.

Introduction Disclaimer Legal Notice Download Installation Supported Software Note to authors of shareware or commercial producs Support Professional support Staff Help Wine developers Changelog ToDo | # WineTools 0.9 ## Introduction WineTools is a menu driven installer for installing about 90 Windows programs under the x86 (Athlon or Intel PC) processor architecture with the Linux operating system using Wine. This software lets you install the following Windows software: DCOM98 IE6 Windows Core Fonts Windows System Software Office & Office Viewer Adobe Photoshop 7, Illustrator 9 many other programs It also sets up your .wine directory in the correct way, downloads the files to install from the web (only the free and shareware ones for sure), installs Windows fonts and lets you uninstall and configure your software. And it does much more than Sidenet, although older versions used to use a part of the configuration for IE6 (thanks for that!). WineTools was initially written by Frank Hendriksen <frank||frankscorner.org> and was extended by me (Joachim von Thadden <thadden||web.de>) and Sven Paschukat <Sven.Paschukat||t-online.de>. It is licensed under the GPL. goto top ## Disclaimer For documents and software available from my site I do not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed. goto top ## Legal Notice This software allows you to install copyrighted material. Some of it is Commercial Software, some of it is Shareware, Freeware or OpenSource Software. You have to look for your own if you satisfy the wishes of the respected owner of the copyright. Note that you might have to have a valid license for Microsoft Windows to use some of the software, especially DCOM98 and Internet Explorer 6. E. g. the EULA for IE6 states:
    "NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A VALID EULA FOR ANY
     "OS PRODUCT" (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
     MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98, MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0,
     MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000, MICROSOFT MILLENNIUM
     EDITION, MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP, OR ANY OTHER
     MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS A SUCCESSOR
     TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING OPERATING SYSTEMS) YOU
     ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO INSTALL, COPY, OR OTHERWISE
     USE THE OS COMPONENTS AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS
     UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA."
goto top ## Download The actual version wt0.9jo works with Wine versions 0.9[123].
Wine version | comment | tested with WineTools version | download
--- | --- | --- | ---
0.9x | this is the recommended combination works quite well, but WinWord initializes on every single start probably many other problems | wt0.9jo | rpm tar.gz
0.9 | works quite well, but WinWord initializes on every single start probably many other problems | wt0.9jo | rpm tar.gz
20050419 | This version is currently not supported by WineTools as it has far too many drawbacks: WinWord can not refresh the screen and is unusable | wt212jo | rpm tar.gz
20050310 | This version is currently not supported by WineTools as it is not tested. | not supported
20050211 | This version is not supported by WineTools as there are too many drawbacks. | not supported
20050111 | There is only very experimental support for this version of Wine in WineTools. You should consider using Wine 20041019. There are several drawbacks with 20050111 like: Acrobat Reader 6 does not work correctly MS Access hangs very frequently the Outlook splash screen is in the way and can not be removed by SplashScreenKiller Outlook crashes when opening mails with attachments Notes 6.5.x has problems while opening tabs (e.g. Replication) | wt2121jo | rpm tar.gz
20041201 | In Internet Explorer 6 the buttons don't exist. The program is usable and you can use the empty buttons anyway. If you hover over them with the mouse the tooltip tells you which one is which. | wt212jo | rpm tar.gz
20041019 | this is the recommended combination if you want to use a Wine version prior 20050628 | wt212jo | rpm tar.gz
20040914 | version works quite well | wt212jo | rpm tar.gz
You can download Wine from here. Older versions can be downloaded here. Notes on some distributions: RedHat, Fedora Core, SuSE and other rpm based distribution users use the rpm. RedHat based distributions might not have an appropiate Xdialog installed. The one included in WineTools may or may not work with your distibution. If you encounter problems, you can find Xdialog-RPMs for your distribution at http://rpmseek.com/rpm-pl/Xdialog.html or at http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xdialog/. other distributions use the tar.gz Debian users look into their repository or use the tar.gz. A note on internationalization (i18n): i18n is done by gettext. The gettext package must have a script named gettext.sh to work with WineTools. As some distributions don't have a valid gettext.sh script in their gettext package, WineTools provides a dummy one. Note that you do not have translations in that case! goto top ## Installation For RPM packages just download and on a command line type
    rpm -Uvh winetools-0.9-*.rpm
For the tar.gz unpack it as root to a temporary directory and execute
    install.sh
from there. It is installed in /usr/local/winetools. If you want to have it somewhere else, change $BASEDIR in wt0.9jo and findwine. Execute by typing (Not as root!)
    wt
on a shell. Note that you should definitely start with the menu entry "Base setup" and create a new fake Windows drive. If you want to save your old .wine directory, you can use the backup funktion of WineTools. Do not use as root. Do not use as root. Do not use as root. goto top ## Supported Software You can find the list of supported software here. Note that the list is unsorted. If you want to have unsupported software included that is known to be working with Wine, send me an email with name, version and language of the software exact download location website for informations specialities for installation with Wine (config, command line parameters, ...) It will be included in one of the next versions. ### Note to authors of shareware or commercial producs At the moment I have approximately 30.000 downloads per month... To support installation, configuration and running of your software on the Linux platform I recommend that you send me an unlimited, personal license of your software. Note that this is for testing and helping WineTools users only as I use Linux programs for my work. goto top ## Support Send comments, bugreports, etc. to thadden||web.de. Don't blame me for the code. It's a horrible hack but it works.
    Note: This software comes with absolutely no warranty.
    	You will not get any support or help for WineTools, Wine, software
    	installations, Linux or Microsoft Windows from the author. If you need
    	help, ask the mailing lists at http://www.winehq.org/site/forums. If you
    	want support, buy the commercial versions of Wine: CodeWeavers
    	CrossOver Office (http://www.codeweavers.com) for Desktop
    	Applications or TransGamings Cedega (formerly known as WineX)
    	(http://www.transgaming.com) for playing games.
### Professional support If you would like to get professinal support for Wine, WineTools, your Wine installation or migration to Linux, write me a mail <thadden||web.de>. goto top ## Staff ### Translators
Launguage | Locale | Author
English |  | original language
Spanish | es | José L. Redrejo <jredrejo||edu.juntaextremadura.net>
Norwegian | nb | Alexander N. Sørnes <alex||thehandofagony.com>
Portuguese | pt_BR | BRUNO GONÇALVES <bigbusca||hotmail.com> Raimundo Maurício <rai-mar||mail.telepac.pt>
French | fr | Brouard Nicolas <nicolas.brouard||libertysurf.fr>
German | de_DE||euro |
goto top ## Help Wine developers If you would like to help the Wine developers, read how to donate to the Wine Party Fund or use their account. goto top