What can a Ubuntu user proof epubs on? - Page 2

poxalew · 11-07-2015, 11:02 AM

For what it's worth, I've managed to get any and all ADE versions to run under Wine. It's a bit of a pain in the ass for 3.0 and later since they require the .NET Framework version 3 and/or 4/4.5, but it's definitely possible. All you need to do is use Wine 1.7 (possibly the -staging branch) and follow the Wine AppDB instructions for installing .NET 4 (since that also pulls in 3 thus necessarily also 2). Don't skip the "switch the prefix to Windows XP, install whatever, switch it back to Windows 7, install another whatever" steps, though. They're important.

eschwartz · 11-08-2015, 02:34 AM

FWIW, the latest winetricks run on a clean wineprefix can install ADE 4.5
Runs fine for me -- I do have win 1.7.54 (Arch Linux).

Code:

winetricks adobe_diged4

Difflugia · 11-09-2015, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

FWIW, the latest winetricks run on a clean wineprefix can install ADE 4.5
Runs fine for me -- I do have win 1.7.54 (Arch Linux).

Code:

winetricks adobe_diged4

Thanks for that. I hadn't bothered to check winetricks lately, so I didn't know I could run later versions of ADE.

eschwartz · 11-09-2015, 03:56 AM

It was just added Tuesday Nov 3: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetr...ced08ffddb01aa
When I noticed, I bullied the maintainer into keeping both versions just in case.

So Apprentice Alf is safe, as are people who would rather not discover their books no longer work on E-Ink devices.

11-08-2015, 02:34 AM	#17
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	FWIW, the latest winetricks run on a clean wineprefix can install ADE 4.5 Runs fine for me -- I do have win 1.7.54 (Arch Linux). Code: winetricks adobe_diged4

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11-07-2015, 11:02 AM	#16
poxalew Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 166666 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kindle PW2	For what it's worth, I've managed to get any and all ADE versions to run under Wine. It's a bit of a pain in the ass for 3.0 and later since they require the .NET Framework version 3 and/or 4/4.5, but it's definitely possible. All you need to do is use Wine 1.7 (possibly the -staging branch) and follow the Wine AppDB instructions for installing .NET 4 (since that also pulls in 3 thus necessarily also 2). Don't skip the "switch the prefix to Windows XP, install whatever, switch it back to Windows 7, install another whatever" steps, though. They're important.

11-09-2015, 03:56 AM	#19
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	It was just added Tuesday Nov 3: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetr...ced08ffddb01aa When I noticed, I bullied the maintainer into keeping both versions just in case. So Apprentice Alf is safe, as are people who would rather not discover their books no longer work on E-Ink devices.

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