Biorad Iq5 Software On Linux Under Wine?

Question

[Cassj]

Bit of a long shot, but I was wondering if anyone has managed to get BioRad's iQ5 software running under Wine?

Thanks, Cass.

[Neilfws]

I've (reluctantly) tried out Wine in the past and found it to be horrible for pretty much everything. I would use Windows in a VirtualBox instead.

[Chris Miller]

Are you running into specific errors, or asking prior to checking it out? If the former, you might post more info here or ask over at WineHQ http://www.winehq.org/help/

[Cassj]

Chris: I had a quick go and hit a variety of problems. I don't want to waste a load of time on it, so I just thought I'd see if anyone had already got it working. I don't know much about Wine or Windows so I don't really want to get bogged down in figuring out what the problem is. Never used VirualBox, will give it a go - thanks Neil!

Answer 1

[Anuraj Nayarisseri]

Use the following command in your Linux Terminal. Remember you should have internet connection while doing this.

sudo apt-get install wine

This command will help you to install wine in your Linux machine.

Once the installation done browse your Biorad CD-Rom through terminal window. Go to BioRad iQ5 software folder through Terminal window and use the following command.

wine setup.exe

Hope this will help you

Answer 2

[Dejian]

Not all windows programmes, especially professional softwares, are well supported by wine. Usually the software cannot run stably in wine. Running the software on a virtual windows is the best choice if you refuse to switch to windows.