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Crossover Office is a fork of [[wine]], aimed at users of Microsoft Office, and associated programs.
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[[Category:Wine]]
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[[Category:Gaming]]
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{{Article summary text|Configuring and installing CrossOver on Archlinux.}}
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{{Article summary heading|Related}}
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{{Article summary wiki|Wine}}
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[http://www.codeweavers.com/ CrossOver] is the paid, commercialized version of Wine which provides more comprehensive end-user support. It includes scripts, patches, and third-party software which may never be accepted in the Wine Project.  This combination makes running Windows programs considerably easier for those aren't so tech-savvy.
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{{Expansion| Multi-user installs, other desktop environments, older versions (if applicable).}}
  
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Crossover Office allows you to use these windows-based programs under linux.
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==Installing Crossover Linux==
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Tested with trial {{ic|install-crossover-11.2.1.bin}}
  
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See http://www.codeweavers.com/ for more info.
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*Ensure {{ic|python-dbus-common}}, {{ic|pygtk}} and {{ic|python2-dbus}} are installed.
  
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==Crossover Office on Arch64 via self downloaded shell script==
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*Run {{ic|# ln -sf /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python}}
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To install Crossover office on Arch64, you need some 32bit emulation libraries (All of these may not be required anymore, I just installed all of them):
 
  
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pacman -S linux32 lib32-gcc-libs lib32-glibc lib32-libxi lib32-zlib lib32-libsm
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*Finally {{ic|$ ./install-crossover-*.bin}} for single user.
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: there is no linux32 package!
 
  
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Set executable flag and login as root or use the superuser command (the Crossover install script doesn't like to be run in sudo):
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==Using CrossOver==
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Assuming it was installed as ''user'', Crossover binaries should be located in {{ic|~/cxoffice}}.
  
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chmod +x install-crossover-pro-9.0.0.sh && su
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Some desktop environments like [[KDE]] may have automatically placed menu entries as part of the installation process.
  
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All that is left is to run the installer:
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Installed programs should be located under a new menu entry called ''Window Applications''.
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./install-crossover-pro-9.0.0.sh
 
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After the installation cxinstaller and other crossover programs may fail to start. Run them from the terminal:
 
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  $CXOFFICE_INSTALL_DIR/bin/cxinstaller
 
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If you see the following error:
 
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  ImportError: No module named gtk
 
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Install the python gtk module:
 
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  pacman -S pygtk
 
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This also fixed a "no gobject" warning that showed up when running the installer.
 
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==Crossover Office on Arch64 via AUR==
 
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As the above isn't working now because of python3 and perhaps some more issues, it's likely better to install via AUR. One can you a helper such as bauer:
 
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bauerbill --aur -S crossover-games
 
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replace "/usr/bin/env python" with "/usr/bin/env python2" in the following files in directory cd /opt/cxgames/bin/: cxassocedit cxinstaller cxmenuedit cxmessage cxregister cxreset cxrun cxsetup cxupdatecheck cxwait
 
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All should work now.
 

Revision as of 06:40, 3 November 2012

Template:Article summary start Template:Article summary text Template:Article summary heading Template:Article summary wiki Template:Article summary end CrossOver is the paid, commercialized version of Wine which provides more comprehensive end-user support. It includes scripts, patches, and third-party software which may never be accepted in the Wine Project. This combination makes running Windows programs considerably easier for those aren't so tech-savvy.

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Reason: Multi-user installs, other desktop environments, older versions (if applicable). (Discuss in Talk:CrossOver#)

Installing Crossover Linux

Tested with trial install-crossover-11.2.1.bin

  • Ensure python-dbus-common, pygtk and python2-dbus are installed.
  • Run # ln -sf /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python
  • Finally $ ./install-crossover-*.bin for single user.

Using CrossOver

Assuming it was installed as user, Crossover binaries should be located in ~/cxoffice.

Some desktop environments like KDE may have automatically placed menu entries as part of the installation process.

Installed programs should be located under a new menu entry called Window Applications.

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