CrossOver install howto

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CrossOver linux allows you to run many popular office productivity software applications and games, such as Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project and Visio, graphics applications like Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, and Adobe Photoshop, games such as World of Warcraft and Half-Life 2, and many more. Not only that, but CrossOver Linux also allows you to use many Windows Web browser plugins, such as QuickTime and Shockwave, directly on your Linux browser. No Windows Operating System license required; CrossOver is a complete replacement for your Windows OS as far as your applications are concerned.
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Short word - lets you run windows-based software using linux environment including M$ Office products without critical error executing window$ EXE and DLL files.

Here's a quick way to install CrossOver software by CodeWeavers

Assumming you have already purchased and downloaded your commercial crossover rpm installer file, say crossover-pro-6.0.0-1.i386.rpm. To install, simply as root:

# rpm -ivh crossover/crossover-pro-6.0.0-1.i386.rpm

Your display should be similar to this:

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Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:crossover-pro ########################################### [100%]
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Click Applications and choose CrossOver and you are good to go.

To initialize, go Applications - CrossOver - then select Install Windows Software".You might need to choose from 3 different options. Here, I am going to choose Private Multi-User Mode. You can alternatively use the first option offered. This would bring you to this window:



I have managed to skip some window screen installation so as to have a brief screenshots too!



For testing, we need to download and have a windows-based installer. I would choose remote administration software called Remote Admin. The file was in zip file format, so I have to unzip them to temp folder using linux unzip, and made the EXE file executable in linux so I could execute them as binaries in fedora.

# chmod 755 radmin.exe

Quickest way is to fire it up!
# ./radmin.exe

Here goes my screen radmin (tm) installation screen:


CrossOver (TM)website here

I smiled when the installation advised me to reboot my linux system, just like in window$ LOL :)

After successful installation, you can now proceed to launch the window$-based software. Just click Applications from your taskbar, select Windows Applications - Programs - and choose the program you wish to launch, wonderful.


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