http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18679
Summary: Photoshop CS4 installer asks to install gecko when Wine run from a different folder Product: Wine Version: 1.1.11 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Keywords: download Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: kennybobs@o2.co.uk
Summary might not make much sense, so hopefully I can explain it. This doesn't just affect CS4, I have seen it with other apps but can't remember what they are as I have just ignored it up to now.
Basically, if I run "wine setup.exe", then gecko is detected and loaded. If I run "~/wine-git/wine setup.exe" or "/opt/wine-1.0.1/bin/wine setup.exe" then the gecko downloader pops up and wants to download gecko. It is, of course, already installed. In the case of the CS4 setup, it then just hangs.
An old wineserver is not running, there are no orphaned processes and ~/.wine is clean.
Workaround is to run "wine winecfg" (the Wine that is "installed" in the distro), close it, and run the other wine ("~/wine-git/wine setup.exe"). It would appear the "installed" Wine creates the necessary registry entries, but the "other" Wines will not.
I hope that makes sense!