I am on OpenSUSE 12.2 Gnome 3.4 and can not get Nautilus to allow Wine to install an .msi. It appears that a bug was reported way back in July [Bug 695105] Nautilus can not correctly open .msi file through wine](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2012-07/msg03250.html). Has there been any work done on this? I have sucessfully installed .msi files in Nautilus on every other Gnome 3.4 distro I have tried. This appears to only be a problem on OpenSUSE.
Hi
I don’t use wine (I use crossover), have asked my Gnome contacts as to
the status.
Maybe you could post the contents of the desktop file (as per comment
#1) from one of the other distros.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop
up 4:01, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.07, 0.05
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU
Sorry, but I did not post the bug report, I just saw it when I was looking into why my .msi file would not install. I tried it on Wine 1.5.6 and 1.5.13. Nautilus just does nothing when trying to open it.
Hi
As indicated it appears to be a wine issue, either add a comment in the
bug (forum login is the same for bugzilla) or wait for my Gnome
contacts…
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop
up 5:03, 3 users, load average: 0.19, 0.26, 0.15
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU
The bug report does say that it is a Wine issue, but why has every other distro I have tried with Wine installed (which would be at least 20 differnet ones) see and install .msi files just fine? It appears to be an OpenSUSE issue in reality.
Yes, but wine, not Nautilus. Probably the mime type and/or the desktop
file.
That’s why would be interested in a desktop file from another distro.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.6-2.10-desktop
up 8:16, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.09, 0.13
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU
Just tested on OpenSUSE KDE 12.2 and .msi file will not install there either. So it is a “Wine” problem that only appears in OpenSUSE.
Am 24.09.2012 08:16, schrieb mattsholtz:
> Just tested on OpenSUSE KDE 12.2 and .msi file will not install there
> either. So it is a “Wine” problem that only appears in OpenSUSE.
Have you tried it from the command line in a terminal (that might give
you a better message what the real problem is)?
One of the following
wine msiexec /i whatever.msi
wine start whatever.msi
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PC: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.8.4 | GeForce GT 420
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.9.1 | HD 3000
eCAFE 800: oS 12.2 i586 | AMD Geode LX 800@500MHz | 512MB | KDE 3.5.10
Here is the Terminal error.
[i]err:xrandr:xrandr12_init_modes Failed to get output info.
err:xrandr:xrandr12_init_modes Failed to get output info.
err:xrandr:xrandr12_init_modes Failed to get output info.
err:xrandr:xrandr12_init_modes Failed to get output info.
err:xrandr:xrandr12_init_modes Failed to get output info.
fixme:msi:MsiMessageBoxW (nil) L"Windows Installer 4.5.6001.22299
Usage:
msiexec command {required parameter} [optional parameter]
Install a product:
/i {package|product_code} [property]
/package {package|product_code} [property]
/a package [property]
Repair an installation:
/f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] {package|produ"… (null) 0 00000409 00000000
[/i]And here is the Wine dialog error.
[i]Windows Installer 4.5.6001.222999
Usage:
msiexec command {required parameter} [optional parameter]
Install a product:
/i{package|product_code}[property]
/package{package|product_code}[property]
/a package[property]
Repair an installation:
/f[p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v]{package|product_code}
Uninstall a product:
/uninstall{package|product_code}[property]
/x{package|product_code}[property]
Advertise a product:
/j[u|m]package[/transform][/g languageid]
Apply a patch:
/p patch_package[property]
/p patch_package /a package [property]
Log and user interface modifiers for the aboe commands:
/
[li]i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v|][+|!]log_file[/li] /q{n|b|r|f|n+|b+|b-}
Register the MSI Service:
/y
Unregister the MSI Service:
/z
Display this help:
/help
/?[/i]
Let me see if I can quickly find an msi installer to see what it does on
my machine.
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PC: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.8.4 | GeForce GT 420
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.9.1 | HD 3000
eCAFE 800: oS 12.2 i586 | AMD Geode LX 800@500MHz | 512MB | KDE 3.5.10
This is the one I am trying. ActivePython Downloads - Download Python Packages for Windows, Linux and Mac | ActiveState
It’s the Windows x86 2.7.2.5.
Am 24.09.2012 14:46, schrieb mattsholtz:
> This is the one I am trying. ‘ActivePython Downloads - Download
> Python Packages for Windows, Linux and Mac | ActiveState’
> (http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads)
>
> It’s the Windows x86 2.7.2.5.
>
I quickly tested with an OEM msi installer on my business machine, with
“wine start sqlany11.msi” the msi installer works, with clicking it in
dolphin (I use KDE) it does not work, seems to be not configured for
that by default.
Can give your ActivePython a try after working hours, my lunch break is
over.
Just for fun, why do you install a Python in wine when the Linux system
comes out of the box with python?
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PC: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.8.4 | GeForce GT 420
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.9.1 | HD 3000
eCAFE 800: oS 12.2 i586 | AMD Geode LX 800@500MHz | 512MB | KDE 3.5.10
Well, you sir are my hero, it did install with “wine start”. Thank you very much for your help. Hopefully someone can find out why this is a problem launching from a file browser and fix it.
And the ActivePython is needed for a plugin in Calibre. 