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carlosmatheusneto

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Registered: 2024-07-15

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.exe doesnt work if i dont use the command "killall wineserver"

I am new to linux, using it for about 1 year, and i am having a big problem. I normally dont install .exe files because i know wine isnt a emulator, but a bridge that may work or may not work.
The problem i am facing is : i have a .exe file to install, and after i install it creates an app on my computer. Both app, .exe install file, and the .exe for unistall file doenst work unless i command killall wineserver on console.
I have no idea what error is this, i normally dont install .exe files, but in this case i need because there's nothing in pacman/AUR for this app.
After the command it works fine, but having to command it or putting the command on inicialization doenst look correct to me, so i want to fix this in the correct way
The app is the Nextion Software for hmi

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 1,216

Re: .exe doesnt work if i dont use the command "killall wineserver"

https://nextion.tech/nextion-editor/
there's a ZIP download right below the EXE - so I guess the EXE is just an SFX - self extracting archive - which extracts itself into TEMP and runs some "install" script - which seems to require dependencies not installed in the current wine prefix
so - at the first step I would ditch the exe installer and just use the provided zip - as an installation is that: unpacking an archive and do some initial configuration - nothing that can't be done manual
then I would approach the OEM if they provide anything for linux - if they don'T: setup a windows vm will likely be the simplest way instead of trying to figure out the voodoo magic that's missing here
as this looks proprietary A F chances are you won't find anything linux in the wild - and I doubt the oem will provide anything - guess the best answer you will get is likely "we don'T support linux - use windows"
anyway - tldr: wine likely doesn't cut it here as without the help of the devs what dependencies they bloated thier software with you won't get it working with wine - use a windows vm

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,884

Re: .exe doesnt work if i dont use the command "killall wineserver"

Does the editor actually open up on the system tray with a background task? That could explain why you're not able to start "multiple instances" at the same time. Idling wineservers basically mean your application either didn't quit properly, or opens itself in the background via systray (which depending on your linux DE might be quite hidden/non-existant)