http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15848
--- Comment #6 from Will Tipton wtipton@hmc.edu 2008-11-04 15:30:37 --- Hi,
The program does require a PostgreSQL database. However, it does not have to be the Windows version. Indeed, previous versions of this program have worked fine for me under wine with a native Linux SQL server, and the option to do so is even documented on the application's website.
So, I download the version of the application installer marked 'without PostgreSQL'. I'm currently encountering this error using Beta 19 of the software, which is the latest version, although the same issue came up with the past couple betas as well as Build 3, the latest stable release. I have tried it on a clean wine prefix.
The program does use Armadillo software protection, but previous versions did too, and worked fine. Actually, some people had problems, others didn't -- apparently there's a race condition somewhere -- see http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13178 . For the people who did have problems with it, it failed relatively gracefully with an error message; it didn't just hang. Anyway, it seems to get beyond that and into the normal application start up before freezing.
Thanks