[KLUG Members] Using WINE with Java

[bill]

On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 16:03, Michael Lueck wrote:
> bill wrote:
> > So, you're suggesting you might be able to take the install.exe and turn
> > it into a RPM?  If so, I'd be happy to let you have at it.  So it would
> > be running native in LINUX via Java?
> 
> Hi Bill-
> 
> I would use my "repackaging" skills to arrive at the actual files /
> registry the program needs to run, instead of a "binary blob" aka
> installer. Having it thus extracted we could see what technology 
> said application appears to rely on... and from there make the
> Wine/Java or Linux/Java determination.
> 
> I am suspecting it is most likely a mixed Java/Win32 app, so I think
> likely we wind up running it via Wine/Java. I have a package of Java
> JRE 1.5.0.13 already, so it would be easy to export my package 
> of that into the Wine environment.

Sounds like a plan to me.

Let's try it.

kind regards,

bill

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