wine problem

[antonvslavik]

bash: exec: /home/antonvslavik/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Stardock Games/Sin of a Solar Empire/Sins of a Solar Empire.exe: cannot execute: No such file or directory
I have tried every solution on the net and nothing works i am running the latest linux mint (julia i think)

[colyn]

Are you trying to run the program or install it??

You also need to check the winehq site to see if the program will run in wine..

[rich2005]

a couple of points

In typical Windows style the path and name contain spaces, thats why you get a file-not-found error. Enclose the path in quotes.

I don't understand your command but assuming the game has been installed in C:\Program Files the syntax to start it in a terminal would be

wine "c:/Program Files/Stardock Games/Sin of a Solar Empire/Sins of a Solar Empire.exe"
or alternatively
wine "/home/<your name>/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Stardock Games/Sin of a Solar Empire/Sins of a Solar Empire.exe"

not guaranteed to work as colyn points out but if you run in a terminal you sometimes get a 'can't find xxxx.dll' message, then you can track down the missing file and add it to (usually) windows/system32

[antonvslavik]

I have tried putting quotes and replacing spaces with \'s

[rich2005]

replacing spaces with \'s

err.....don't, that is a directory (folder) separater

if you want to replace the spaces in a file or directory name use an underscore _

and that goes for anything, spaces - not a good idea.

[rich_roast]

Actually I think the OP was trying to escape out the spaces, which would make bash ignore them. It's actually a sensible thing to do.

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touch ~/some\ file\ with\ spaces\

is equivalent to

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touch ~/"some file with spaces"

[antonvslavik]

we are off topic. The point is that the wine directory doesn't actually exist and how do i fix that

[DrHu]

we are off topic. The point is that the wine directory doesn't actually exist and how do i fix that

If you mean how do I fix the directory for the game/application under wine that is missing, reinstall that application if it can work under wine and check again whether it runs or does not run

• Pay attention to any messages
  --you might also start wine in a terminal or the game/application in a terminal and check for any error messages..

Reinstall wine
--that should then create the .wine directory (folder) under /home

Or run winecfg to setup wine!

Wine information..
http://frankscorner.org/

[antonvslavik]

the wine directory doesn't show up in my user files. is this a problem with julia or wine

[colyn]

the wine directory doesn't show up in my user files. is this a problem with julia or wine

You need to show hidden files to see the wine directory if you haven't done so already..

[antonvslavik]

ok i downloaded the latest wine version where do i extract it to