WINE regression testing

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I am using Textco ’s Gene Construction Kit (version 2.5) do draw my DNA vector maps. Unfortunately this company doesn’t care about Linux users. Therefore I have to use WINE to run the Windows version of the program. Admittedly, I could run VMware, VirtualBox or Parallels, but all that just to run a small program? Unfortunately either the Gene Construction Kit (GCK) is not coded according to standards or WINE is still not able to deliver full compatibility but now and then a WINE upgrade renders the program unable to run. Therfore I had to resort to regression testing to find the version that can still do the trick for GCK. Here is the command listing and what I did:cdmkdir winecvs -z 3 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.winehq.org:/home/wine checkout wine (password 'cvs')cvs update -PAd -D"2007-06-01 CDT"./configuremake dependmakesudo make installThe source from the date above it the latest that appears to work.

How do I run the Gene Construction Kit under Linux?

Sat, 26 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000

There are only a few Mac or Windows programs that don’t have a good equivalent on Linux. One of these few is the Gene Construction Kit (GCK) from Textco . GCK is available for both Windows and Mac. So it should be possible to run it on an i86-Linux machine using wine (a sort of emulator). I tried that and failed (I didn’t try really hard). However, probably any Windows program can be run under Linux using VMware . Unfortunately VMware is commerical and expensive (but there is a fully functional time-limited demo). GCK does run under VMware 4.0/W2K/RedHat9 without problems. The only disappointment in VMware is the “Shared Folders” option. It is much better to share your Linux home directory via Samba and then have it automounted when you log into your emulated Windows OS. I even managed to hide Linux-specific files in my home directory that start with a dot (like .mozilla) by inserting “hide dot files = yes” into the samba configuration file /etc/samba/smb.conf. Although I am using VMware at the moment, I plan to switch to Wine in order to avoid any Microsoft code.

GeneConstructionKit on Michael’s Domain

WINE regression testing

How do I run the Gene Construction Kit under Linux?