cd /home/panda/desktop/wow_install [enter] wine installer.exe [enter]
The first command moves you into the WoW directory. The second command starts wine, targetting the installer.
If you wanted them on one line, it would be cd /home/panda/desktop/wow_install && wine installer.exe which means "run command #1, then command #2" and lets you do it in just one command.
It's case sensitive - doesn't Desktop have a capital D in ubuntu?
If that doesn't help immediately, try this. Type "cd /home/panda". Your prompt should change to have a little "~" in it.
Type "ls". Press Enter. You're looking for either "Desktop" or "desktop".
If it's lowercase, type "cd desktop" and press enter. If it's uppercase, type "cd Desktop" and press enter. Your prompt should now say "~/Desktop"
Type "ls" and press Enter again. You're looking, this time, for the WoW installation directory. Type "cd [DIRECTORY]" - and it has to be exactly right, case is sensitive. Then press Enter.
Finally, type "wine installer.exe" and press enter.
As a handy tip: at any time, you can type *part* of a directory name, hit Tab, and it will try to fill in the rest of the name. If it does nothing, that means there's either no possibilities or many possibilities. Press Tab again and it will show you all the possibilities, and you can fill in more of the name until you've removed all ambiguity. Try it out, it's very neat.
beat me to it. wine /home/panda/Desktop/wow_install/Installer.exe
(or whatever you've got)
Another good way to do that is to right click it on hte desktop (or wherever) and open it with wine. For ease you can cd one directory at a time and then use the 'ls' command to see what things look like (so you can start in /home/panda. When you enter 'ls' one of the results will be Desktop, which you can then copy and paste or type as is,. for example)
If you wanted them on one line, it would be cd /home/panda/desktop/wow_install && wine installer.exe which means "run command #1, then command #2" and lets you do it in just one command.
Well... the && means "run the first command, and *if* that one is successful run the second command." To run the second command even if the first one fails, use a semicolon instead of &&, like tosk mentioned at some point.
cd /home/panda/desktop/wow_install [enter]
wine installer.exe [enter]
The first command moves you into the WoW directory.
The second command starts wine, targetting the installer.
If you wanted them on one line, it would be
cd /home/panda/desktop/wow_install && wine installer.exe
which means "run command #1, then command #2" and lets you do it in just one command.
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If that doesn't help immediately, try this. Type "cd /home/panda". Your prompt should change to have a little "~" in it.
Type "ls". Press Enter. You're looking for either "Desktop" or "desktop".
If it's lowercase, type "cd desktop" and press enter. If it's uppercase, type "cd Desktop" and press enter. Your prompt should now say "~/Desktop"
Type "ls" and press Enter again. You're looking, this time, for the WoW installation directory. Type "cd [DIRECTORY]" - and it has to be exactly right, case is sensitive. Then press Enter.
Finally, type "wine installer.exe" and press enter.
As a handy tip: at any time, you can type *part* of a directory name, hit Tab, and it will try to fill in the rest of the name. If it does nothing, that means there's either no possibilities or many possibilities. Press Tab again and it will show you all the possibilities, and you can fill in more of the name until you've removed all ambiguity. Try it out, it's very neat.
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And if wow_install has any capital letters in it on your Desktop, use that instead.
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wine /home/panda/Desktop/wow_install/Installer.exe
(or whatever you've got)
Another good way to do that is to right click it on hte desktop (or wherever) and open it with wine. For ease you can cd one directory at a time and then use the 'ls' command to see what things look like (so you can start in /home/panda. When you enter 'ls' one of the results will be Desktop, which you can then copy and paste or type as is,. for example)
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cd /home/panda/Desktop/wow_install/; wine Installer.exe
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cd /home/panda/desktop/wow_install && wine installer.exe
which means "run command #1, then command #2" and lets you do it in just one command.
Well... the && means "run the first command, and *if* that one is successful run the second command."
To run the second command even if the first one fails, use a semicolon instead of &&, like tosk mentioned at some point.
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(I wouldn't recommend doing it all on one line anyway though.)
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