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inland-turquoise
Unable to run setup.exe
I am using Ubuntu 22.04. For some reason I am unable to run any setup.exe for any game. The log just says that it tried to run the exe with no other line after. If I install the game from Windows then after I can typically run the game from Linux.
Any idea?
23 Replies
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
what are you trying to do
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
install games
but the issue occurs with several games which are unrelated
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
why are you using setup files??
just use heroic.. it handles installing games from gog and egs and amazon
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
oh yeah it's for games which are not from these libraries
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
Heroic also has a side load option
just select the installer from there
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
yes that's what does not work
selecting the installer - then the log just shows it is trying to run setup.exe and nothing happens
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
post the log
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
(18:22:10) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Proton - Proton-GE-Proton8-27
(18:22:10) WARNING: [Backend]: You are using Proton, this can lead to some bugs. Please do not open issues with bugs related to games
(18:22:10) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Proton - Proton-GE-Proton8-27
(18:22:10) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Proton - Proton-GE-Proton8-27
(18:22:10) DEBUG: [Backend]: Running Wine command: run wineboot --init
(18:22:10) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Proton - Proton-GE-Proton8-27
(18:22:10) DEBUG: [Backend]: Running Wine command: run /home/raphael/Games/WorldBox/setup.exe
It's like this
and then nothing happens
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
Use wine-ge
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
ok let me try
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
this works for all the games i've installed this way, fwiw
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
Ok I am getting this now(18:23:44) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Wine - Wine-GE-Proton8-25
(18:23:44) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Wine - Wine-GE-Proton8-25
(18:23:44) INFO: [Backend]: Checking if wine version exists: Wine - Wine-GE-Proton8-25
(18:23:44) DEBUG: [Backend]: Running Wine command: wineboot --init
Is it supposed to take a long time?
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
generally not long
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
this typically hangs for me
so the workaround I have found is to first not run the installer
then run winecfg for instance
run setup.exe from windows
and then link to my ubuntu heroic install and then that works
the issue is that I have to boot to windows for that process and it's a pain
is there anyway I can increase the debug level?
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
yeah i dont have windows installed so icant tell you about any of that. But for me, when i use the side loaded feature, i just select the installer from the pop up after clicking run installer first, i dont have anything magical set up
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
what I normally do after a while is go to a terminal and run 'pkill wine'
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
are you on flatpak?
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
I am running on the deb package
flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
do you have all the wine deps installed?
from the readme first post
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
let me review that
alright all dependencies are installed now but it did not solve the issue
ok
it's working now
I had to recreate the wineprefix
@Allora thank you so much for your help
I feel sorry for disturbing when all you pointed was to follow the doc
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flat-fuchsiaā¢16mo ago
yeah that would make sense that you had to delete the prefix
glad it worked out
hopefully it was just a lack of the dependencies š
inland-turquoiseOPā¢16mo ago
and possibly the wine version too