This change came about when a friend described his problems in getting wine going to see if it would help him with making a Windows app run under Linux. He did not want to get into the details of wine as his was a opportunistic need and his comment that hit home was "that many a newbie expects software to just install but wine seems too complicated and there is not a cheat sheet". It seems that there is nowhere where the basics are described step by step for the first time casual user.
Jeff Latimer
Index: en/wineusr-introduction.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/wine/docs/en/wineusr-introduction.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -u -r1.4 wineusr-introduction.sgml --- en/wineusr-introduction.sgml 12 Dec 2006 04:11:06 -0000 1.4 +++ en/wineusr-introduction.sgml 11 Feb 2007 08:04:31 -0000 @@ -52,6 +52,50 @@ </para> </sect2>
+ <sect2> + <title>Quick start</title> + <para> + The process of installing and running wine can be summarised as + follows: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Get a distribution as indicated in <link + linkend="getting-wine">Getting Wine</link> and see + the <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org/site/download">Wine + Downloads</> page. For the casual or new user the simplest + is to get an rpm distribution. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Configure wine using the <link + linkend="config-wine-main"><emphasis><filename>winecfg</></> + </link> command. For most people wine should now be usable. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + To test your installation run wine's Windows 3.1 like file + manager using the <filename>wine winefile</> command. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Run wine using the <link + linkend="running"><emphasis><filename>wine</> + <filename>filespec/appname.exe</></></link> command. + </para> + <para> + The first command you will run will be to install a package. + Typically something like <filename>wine + /media/cdrom/setup.exe</> or the equivalent. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + </sect2> + </sect1>
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On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 07:32:10PM +1100, Jeff L wrote:
Run wine using the <link
linkend="running"><emphasis><filename>wine</>
<filename>filespec/appname.exe</></></link> command.
This
The first command you will run will be to install a package.
Typically something like <filename>wine
/media/cdrom/setup.exe</> or the equivalent.
and this is asking for pain.
$ cd filespec && wine appname.exe and $ cd /media/cdrom && wine setup.exe are what you want to use.
Daniel