Installing MS Office gives error in installer
I just recently installed wine-20020411 (as you may have noticed from my patch) I haven't tried installing Office 2000 on previous versions, but heard that it worked, so I decided to try it. First I tried it in Crossover Office (since i just recently got that also) and the Office 2000 installer complained that it couldnt find a package to install on the installation media. So I tried it in wine and it did the same thing... There were no debug messages or anything (in the console). If anyone knows of a way around this, please let me know... If it has been mentioned before please point me to the right wine-devel archive so I can find it... Thanks, Dustin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
On Wednesday 17 April 2002 21:42, Speeddymon wrote:
I just recently installed wine-20020411 (as you may have noticed from my patch) I haven't tried installing Office 2000 on previous versions, but heard that it worked, so I decided to try it. First I tried it in Crossover Office (since i just recently got that also) and the Office 2000 installer complained that it couldnt find a package to install on the installation media. So I tried it in wine and it did the same thing... There were no debug messages or anything (in the console).
If anyone knows of a way around this, please let me know... If it has been mentioned before please point me to the right wine-devel archive so I can find it...
I have also dared to try to install office2k, and had the same problem. But I have found a workaround... When the installation fails, the MSI installer is already copied to your windows directory (I think its name is installmsi.exe or something like that - I dont have it at hand). So I have tried to invoke it with the msi file in the root of the CD (the data1.msi or something like that - the other msi is something else). This way the installation started. The configuration of what programs to install worked perfectly, but when copying the files the installer broke, and said that it can't write a file. I dont know what was the problem. I had enough space, the persmissions were ok, and so on. I have tried again, and the installer broke again but now with a different file. So I give up, since I don't really need it to install, just I wanted to see what the people are talking about... But if you find a solution (or submit a patch :), then I will be interested... Best regards, Zsolt Rizsanyi
Hi, I suggest that if you have problems with CrossOver Office - that you should report them (with a full output text) to the CodeWeavers support site - thats why they have their ticket system which works pretty well - http://support.codeweavers.com/ (after all - if you bought a product - you deserve full support).. As for others who tries to install Office 2000 with Wine CVS - nice try, but you'll need to do tons of tricks in order to install it. running: wine setup.exe won't do the trick. If you want to run Office 2000, then please don't behave cheaply - go pay the $50 to Codeweavers for their excellent product - they give all their modifications back and your money supports them in order to continue developing Wine.. This is the same issue for Transgaming's WineX - want to run full game? then subscribe and support them please.. And if you want to flame me - my email is right here - fire away. Hetz On Thursday 18 April 2002 01:46 am, Rizsanyi Zsolt wrote:
On Wednesday 17 April 2002 21:42, Speeddymon wrote:
I just recently installed wine-20020411 (as you may have noticed from my patch) I haven't tried installing Office 2000 on previous versions, but heard that it worked, so I decided to try it. First I tried it in Crossover Office (since i just recently got that also) and the Office 2000 installer complained that it couldnt find a package to install on the installation media. So I tried it in wine and it did the same thing... There were no debug messages or anything (in the console).
If anyone knows of a way around this, please let me know... If it has been mentioned before please point me to the right wine-devel archive so I can find it...
On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 11:39, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
As for others who tries to install Office 2000 with Wine CVS - nice try, but you'll need to do tons of tricks in order to install it. running: wine setup.exe won't do the trick. If you want to run Office 2000, then please don't behave cheaply - go pay the $50 to Codeweavers for their excellent product - they give all their modifications back and your money supports them in order to continue developing Wine..
cheaply? Im sure this is an OOS Project, are we all leaches upon the linux community?...I feel a little cheap since I downloaded a couple of Debain ISO's without paying for them. We use Wine to test out Windows Apps in Wine...so its no great surprise Office 2000 has become an issue.
This is the same issue for Transgaming's WineX - want to run full game? then subscribe and support them please..
And if you want to flame me - my email is right here - fire away.
Scenerio: What *If* I (or someone else) had a few sane bug fixes, that allowed Office 2000 to work? What would happen?, "Umm sorry we cant commit this....because we feel you're too cheap to buy Codeweavers great product!" Fixing Issues such as getting Office 2000 to work should be in the same catagory as fixing support for any other App using wine. And it *shouldnt* be delyed just because it "Office 2000". Im Getting the feeling the codeweavers is failing to commit any code that would promote any *decent* workable progress of Office 2000 using Wine CVS. Those are my thoughts anyway.. -mdew -- ph33r! Linux mdew 2.4.18-xfs #1 Sun Mar 31 15:53:58 NZST 2002 i686 unknown
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On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 11:39, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
As for others who tries to install Office 2000 with Wine CVS - nice try, but you'll need to do tons of tricks in order to install it. running: wine setup.exe won't do the trick. If you want to run Office 2000, then please don't behave cheaply - go pay the $50 to Codeweavers for their excellent product - they give all their modifications back and your money supports them in order to continue developing Wine..
cheaply? Im sure this is an OOS Project, are we all leaches upon the linux community?...I feel a little cheap since I downloaded a couple of Debain ISO's without paying for them. We use Wine to test out Windows Apps in Wine...so its no great surprise Office 2000 has become an issue. I think his point was that codeweavers is doing a good job which includes giving back to the mother project and deserve to get paid for it. No one is forcing you to pay for anything that is opensource but even people who work on opensource have to eat.
This is the same issue for Transgaming's WineX - want to run full game? then subscribe and support them please..
And if you want to flame me - my email is right here - fire away.
Scenerio: What *If* I (or someone else) had a few sane bug fixes, that allowed Office 2000 to work? What would happen?, "Umm sorry we cant commit this....because we feel you're too cheap to buy Codeweavers great product!" I have no doubt that they would be accepted by everyone including codeweavers. If you have such fixes then post them and discover.
Fixing Issues such as getting Office 2000 to work should be in the same catagory as fixing support for any other App using wine. And it *shouldnt* be delyed just because it "Office 2000". Im Getting the feeling the codeweavers is failing to commit any code that would promote any *decent* workable progress of Office 2000 using Wine CVS. Codeweavers give stuff back in a pace that is okay with them. Just as the rest of the companies involved in winedevel gives back in their pace. Wine is probably not strong enough market to live on that writing customsolutions for companies can be the only source of income. Codeweavers have to make money to live as well so why should they be singled out to give all their code back rigth now and not someone else just because their product involves an app that some people consider a killer app. Only reason for choosing them might be that they were pro LGPL switch Why don't you blame transgamming for sitting on their code untill they are paid for it or xandros and lindows for what ever they keep from commiting.
Those are my thoughts.
Those are my thoughts anyway.. -mdew
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cheaply? Im sure this is an OOS Project, are we all leaches upon the linux community?...I feel a little cheap since I downloaded a couple of Debain ISO's without paying for them. We use Wine to test out Windows Apps in Wine...so its no great surprise Office 2000 has become an issue.
This is the same issue for Transgaming's WineX - want to run full game? then subscribe and support them please..
And if you want to flame me - my email is right here - fire away.
Scenerio: What *If* I (or someone else) had a few sane bug fixes, that allowed Office 2000 to work? What would happen?, "Umm sorry we cant commit this....because we feel you're too cheap to buy Codeweavers great product!"
I want there to be no question on this issue. In no way do we intend or do we ever desire our work to harm or impede the forward progress of the Wine project. There is no way I would demand that Alexandre reject a patch and you wouldn't want to hear what he would say to me if I I made such a demand <grin>.
Fixing Issues such as getting Office 2000 to work should be in the same catagory as fixing support for any other App using wine. And it *shouldnt* be delyed just because it "Office 2000". Im Getting the feeling the codeweavers is failing to commit any code that would promote any *decent* workable progress of Office 2000 using Wine CVS.
With all due respect, I resent the implication that we are deliberately crippling the public Wine CVS tree. We have merged nearly all of our code (there are pieces of it that have not been merged, but only because they are unforgivable hacks that Alexandre will not commit.) As a consequence of our work, Office and a wide range of applications now work far better than they have ever done. Now, I will say that our first priority is, and always will be, focusing on our customers and making sure that Wine works well for them. So, no, we will not rush out and focus on polishing the Wine CVS to the same level we offer our customers. But impede it? We would rather go out of business first. Cheers, Jeremy
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Speeddymon