Installing PBWin9.x and EZGUI4.x on a Ubuntu/Wine system

Here is a brief description of how I set up PB and Ezgui on a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS system. I have Wine 1.3.2 installed now (a recent beta), rather than the latest stable release 1.2

I'll assume that you have a passing familiarity with Ubuntu, so these guidelines should be enough to get you going.

1) Installing Wine

Install Wine using the Ubuntu Software Centre. This will give you the latest stable release.
Select: Applications > Wine > Configure Wine
Check through the tabs - the defaults should be ok, but you may want to configure the drive mappings.
You get C: and Z: as defaults, but click "autodetect" to have wine locate additional drives and mount points.

Wine sets up the following drives on my system:

C: -> /home/rod/.wine/drive_c
D: -> /media/NTFS_0 -- this is my dual boot drive that has WinXP installed
E: -> /media/Archive -- this is a Ubuntu drive that I use for archiving
H: -> /home/rod -- this is the place on the main Ubuntu drive that holds all of my user stuff
Z: -> / -- this drive gives access to the entire file system

note:

The C: drive is actually a hidden directory that is pre-configured with the following pseudo Windows folders:
/Program Files
/users
/windows

I've found that the C: drive is not a good place for user data, so I keep source code, documents, data files, etc, with all my other Ubuntu user data on the H: drive. However, if you need to access the data from Windows, then it's probably best to keep it on the drive that's mapped to the Windows drive. In my case the D: drive.

2) Installing PBWin - you have two options:

2a) Using the original setup files:

This method uses the original 9.0 setup file, followed by each of the upgrade files in sequence.
Copy the setup files to a suitable Ubuntu directory.
Using the File Browser, double click on the setup file you wish to install.
Ubuntu will recognize the EXE file and give control to Wine.
From this point on the setup program will perform as it would on Windows.
You might want to install on the H: drive rather than the hidden C: drive.
This will give you easier access to the PB directories.
Wine sets up Start Menu items in: Applications > Wine > Programs

note:

I found that although the original setup file installed ok, at least one of the incremental updates caused the Start Menu items to get screwed up. As a result, I opted to manually create a program launcher on the menu panel. However, the programs updated ok.

2b) Using the latest Windows install:

This installation method involves copying your current Windows PBWin90 directory structure to the appropriate Ubuntu drive.
The setup files are not used, and Wine does not create Start Menu items.
Manually create a program launcher on the menu panel.
PB doesn't seem to mind, and future incremental updates should install ok.

3) Installing EZGUI - you have two options:

3a) Using a setup file: eg. EZGUI 4.07

Copy the setup file to a suitable Ubuntu directory.
Using the File Browser, double click on the setup file you wish to install.
Ubuntu will recognize the EXE file and give control to Wine.
From this point on the setup program will perform as it would on Windows.
You might want to install on the H: drive rather than the hidden C: drive.
This will give you easier access to the EZGUI directories.
Wine sets up Start Menu items in: Applications > Wine > Programs
As with PB you might want to set up a program launcher on the menu panel.

3b) Using the latest Windows install:

This installation method involves copying your current Windows EZGUI directory structure to the appropriate Ubuntu drive.
The setup files are not used, and Wine does not create Start Menu items.
Manually create a program launcher on the menu panel.

4) If you install from setup files you may not need to manually create a program launcher, but here's a simple way to set one up.

Right click on the panel
Click on: Add to Panel
Select: Custom Application Launcher
Click: Add
Enter a name and the command line
Click on the deafult icon, then select a suitable icon -- I used png versions of the PB and EZGUI icons
Click: Ok
The launcher will appear on the panel

sample command lines (case is significant):

wine H:\\PBWin90\\bin\\PBEDIT.EXE

wine H:\\ezgui45beta\\ezform45.exe

note:

You can also create a program launcher from the Start Menu entry. Just right click on it , then select "Add this launcher to panel"