http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11719
Summary: Intuit QuickBooks Simple Start 2008 install fails Product: Wine Version: 0.9.56. Platform: Other URL: http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting- software/free-accounting-software.jhtml OS/Version: other Status: NEW Keywords: download, Installer Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: dank@kegel.com
First hurdle: downloaded .exe is a copy of the akamai download manager, which does nothing because of http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9727 Happily, it leaves behind the URL of the real installer in c:/program files/akamai/mumble.url; it's http://DLM.download.intuit.com/SBD/QuickBooks/2008/R1/QuickBooksSimpleStartD...
The next problem is that the installer tries to install mdac 2.8 and fails, seemingly because of http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5824 You can reproduce this quickly using the unpacked mdac installer in c:/windows/temp/MdacTempFolderQB if you like. Happily, you can work around this with sh winetricks mdac28
The installer struggles through the .net 2 install but thinks it completes successfully (in spite of some crashes). It then starts the inner installer, which asks a few questions, then hangs with no UI visible.
You can reproduce this by running the unpacked inner installer in c:/windows/temp/FSE/QBooks if you like.