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Hi guys,

I just installed Ubuntu 7.04 and am already having issues. I am trying to install a few things but keep getting the following message
cannot open .exe: no application suitable for automatic installation
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Where do I go from here? The little bit I found while googling made very little sense to me.
 
sudo apt-get install wine

you are trying to run a windows application on a linux desktop. Either install wine, vmware or go through the add/remove programs to choose an open source alternative.
 
OK, so we start at the beginning shall we...

.exe is the file extension for a binary executable file designed to run under windows. Due to Windows being developed by Microsoft, it makes sense that, as a private company, they have developed their own "non-standard" system.

Linux is a different system, that uses a different standard for executing binary files. Thus .exe will run on Windows, but not Linux. The Linux communities have come up with a way around this, namely Wine.

This creates a special set of executables which are able to interpret the .exe files for Windows.

What you missed up top was the hyphen in apt-get. Thus the command is as follows

"sudo apt-get install wine"

But by the sounds of it, you are making the same mistake as one of my students. On the Ubuntu CD is the Windows binaries for Firefox, thunderbird etc. You don't use these files to install these programs. Use the Synaptic Package Manager to show you what is available to you. In Synaptic you will be able to install these programs.

HTH

Graviti
 
graviti said:
OK, so we start at the beginning shall we...

.exe is the file extension for a binary executable file designed to run under windows. Due to Windows being developed by Microsoft, it makes sense that, as a private company, they have developed their own "non-standard" system.

Linux is a different system, that uses a different standard for executing binary files. Thus .exe will run on Windows, but not Linux. The Linux communities have come up with a way around this, namely Wine.

This creates a special set of executables which are able to interpret the .exe files for Windows.

What you missed up top was the hyphen in apt-get. Thus the command is as follows

"sudo apt-get install wine"

But by the sounds of it, you are making the same mistake as one of my students. On the Ubuntu CD is the Windows binaries for Firefox, thunderbird etc. You don't use these files to install these programs. Use the Synaptic Package Manager to show you what is available to you. In Synaptic you will be able to install these programs.

HTH

Graviti
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Hi Graviti,

Thanks for the info. I have tried the Synaptic Pack Manager option but could not find Wine. I have just read on a forum that I should add universe repositories first and then try install. I can't find a howto section wrt adding universe repositories. Any ideas?

Regards,

Dat
 
Check out this URL

https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/add-applications/C/index.html

This is my '/etc/apt/sources.list' file.
Replace yours with it if you like, and make sure you make a backup of the original file in case something goes wrong.

To replace yours with mine do the following:

If you are using Ubuntu (Gnome Desktop)
in terminal enter
Code: 
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
, login as root as requested, and replace the contents of the file.

If you are using Kubuntu (KDE Desktop)
in terminal enter
Code: 
kdesu kate /etc/apt/sources.list
, login as root as requested, and replace the contents of the file.

Then do an update
Code: 
sudo apt-get update

PHP: 
 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.

deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://za.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu feisty-security multiverse

## Medibuntu - Ubuntu 7.04 "feisty fawn"
## Please report any bug on https://launchpad.net/products/medibuntu/+bugs

deb http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ feisty free non-free
deb http://archive.ubuntustudio.org/ubuntustudio feisty main
 
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Hi Dabbler,

I can't do any updates or retrieve any files as I am trying to get my 3G card to work. I am trying to edit wvdial.conf but it won't let me replace the file with the edited file.
 
You have to edit the file as root (most of the files under '/etc' belong to root ie administrator). To do so enter in a terminal:
Code: 
gksu gedit /etc/wvdial.conf

You can check the file ownership, attributes, etc by listing the file (long format)
Code: 
cd /etc
ls -l wvdial.conf
or, simply
Code: 
ls -l
and use mouse scroll wheel to scroll through the file list. The 'wvdial.conf' file should be near the bottom anyway.
 
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