On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:09:29 +0200, Luca Capello wrote:
This is the first test of two: 'Adobe Illustrator 10' doesn't install because a problem with the DCOM95 package
Yes, the InstallShield/DCOM problems are well known. Me and Rob have started looking at this in the last few days, hopefully we'll have progress to report soon.
I downloaded the DCOM95 package [2], but when I tried to install it, I got the message window: "A newer version of DCOM95 or DCOM98 had been installed. To override, you must uninstall the current version first."
You have to run it like this:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="ole32=n" wine DCOM95.exe
Yes, this is unintuitive, no there is nothing we can do with default config files/registry entries to fix it as the first thing DCOM95.EXE does it extract a file called "setup.exe" or some equally generic name and run it. You have to love Windows installers.
The same if I try to install DCOM98... and I can't install 'Adobe Illustrator 10' :-(
With the 'fake_windows' provided by the 'WineTools' [3], I can install the DCOM98 with no problem.
WineTools basically sets up a fake C drive (same as our own wineprefixcreate) and then fills it with a ton of native DLLs. It's a solution you can use if you like, though the real fix is just to nail DCOM so it works out of the box.
Is this the same problem reported as bug #1456 [4]? Or is it a problem of mine?
Yes, it's the same problem but that bug is old and can be closed. I changed email addresses and no longer have full access rights to the WineHQ bugzilla so I can't do this myself. Originally I thought by modifying the ole32 DLL version we could make it install but that's a catch-22 situation: modifying the version to allow it to be upgraded just stops other apps working because the DLL appears too old. The environment variable "fix" works, but isn't well known. It's in the #winehq FAQ but that's it, AFAIK.
thanks -mike