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Confirm that they will run
under Windows 98, and then check the Wine applications database.
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Installing and Configuring Wine
Getting Wine going is a two-step process. First, you must install the Wine package from
YaST. This makes the Wine commands available, but does not create the environment or
install any software.
An easy way to get things underway is to install the WineTools package. This is included
in your openSUSE DVD, and is also available from http://www.vonthadden.
de/Joachim/WineTools. This gives you a simple GUI tool to configure Wine and
install a few essential applications. It comes in both RPM and tarball packages. Install this
package via YaST or command line.
NOTE
Depending on your system and version of Wine, you may get a dependency error for
xdialog. You can safely ignore this and install anyway.
When you have WineTools installed, go to a shell prompt (as user) and type winetools.
The WineTools menu (see Figure 11.1) appears.
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