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Remove two ancient FAQ entries that did more harm than good.

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Replace a reference to wine.conf with ~/.wine/config.
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Scott Ritchie 2005-02-08 12:13:01 +00:00 committed by Alexandre Julliard
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</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="What-other-software-do-I-need-to-compile">
<para>
What other software do I need to install, compile and run
Wine?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
Many development tools are needed in order to compile Wine.
A list of required packages for several distributions is included in
the README (<ulink url="http://source.winehq.org/source/README">
http://source.winehq.org/source/README</ulink>).
</para>
<para>
To run Wine, you will need the following:
</para>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>The compiled Wine binary</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A properly configured wine.conf file (or ~/.winerc file)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>An installed and working X Window system</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Some Windows programs to test</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="How-much-RAM-do-I-need">
<para>
How much RAM do I need to have on my UNIX system to be able to run
@ -738,75 +704,6 @@
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="Does-MS-Windows-need-to-be-installed">
<para>
Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order to
run MS Windows programs under Wine?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
Many folks have successfully installed and run programs
in their UNIX file system without having a DOS partition or MS
Windows. However, in many cases you need a directory and file
infrastructure that is similar to an existing Windows installation.
Some applications' installation programs want to distribute some of
the package's files into the /windows and /windows/system
directories in order to run, and unless these exist on your UNIX
file system, those programs will not install correctly and probably
will not run well, if at all. Most packages will set that up for you
as part of the install process.
</para>
<para>
If you have a DOS partition with MS Windows installed in it, make
sure that your UNIX system can 'see' this partition (check your
/etc/fstab file or mount the partition manually) so that Wine can
run the MS Windows binaries located in the DOS partition. To run
without a DOS partition, you need to set a UNIX path to be your
drive C, and make sure that the /windows and /windows/system
directories point to some place that actually exist.
</para>
<para>
Here's an example, copied from a machine which has no DOS partition
but successfully runs Wine:
</para>
<screen>
[Drive C]
Path=/var/lib/wine
Type=hd
[wine]
Windows=c:\windows
System=c:\windows\system
Temp=e:\
</screen>
<para>
In <filename>/var/lib/wine/windows</filename>, you will need to
install a <filename>win.ini</filename> config file that you might
find on a typical MS Windows 3.1 machine. The directory
<filename>/var/lib/wine/windows/system</filename> should exist, but
doesn't need to contain anything. However, to use MS DLLs, you can
copy them into that directory. Note that this is a contravention of
the Windows licence unless Windows is properly installed on the
machine. If you have DOS/MS Windows installed on your system, you can
mount that partition at bootup by modifying the file
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> in your UNIX partition (assuming that
the UNIX kernel supports the DOS/MS Windows file system type).
</para>
<para>
If you edit this file by hand, it should contain something similar
to the following:
</para>
<screen>
/dev/hda1 /dosc msdos uid=0,gid=100,umask=007 0 0
</screen>
<para>
This will allow you to read and write to the DOS partition without
being root.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="If-Wine-completely-replaces-MS-Windows">
<para>
@ -876,7 +773,7 @@
<para>
Most of Wine's development effort is geared towards MS Windows' GUI,
but some limited support for character mode has appeared, by setting
<parameter>GraphicsDriver=ttydrv</parameter> in wine.conf's
<parameter>GraphicsDriver=ttydrv</parameter> in ~/.wine/config's
<parameter>[wine]</parameter> section.
</para>
<para>