MS files?

#1 (**permalink**) January 19th, 2005

Hey, i've been using linux for about 6 months now and have had LW since 3rd Jan 05. LW is the best P2P file sharing system that i have come across. Congrats to LW!

it has occurred to me that MS uses exe files and so that exe is a ms file format. Am i correct? and if i am, is there a way of bein able to open the exe on linux(9)? you see, i've managed to files applications that allow me to open most ms file formats apart from:
WMV/WMA, EXE, ZIP files & files that rely on divx. Could someone help me?

Thank you for your time.
Frimo

caps_phisto · #2 (**permalink**) January 19th, 2005

Linux cannot open "exe" files unless you get an additonal program to do so. (Wine, Cedega, Cross Over Office are a few). LW does however have a version that you can download that Linux will open natively. You can find it here: http://www.limewire.com/english/cont...loadfree.shtml
Just make sure to download the Linux one.

If you need help installing it follow my instructions in this post:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=31975
Any questions just post here, and I'll help when I can.

#3 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2005

Thanks man, thought it couldnt. i got the linux one anyway, i was just curious. is there a divx plugin that i can d/load for LW?

caps_phisto · #4 (**permalink**) January 21st, 2005

LW for Linux has a built-in mp3 and audio player, but it does not have a built-in video

If you want a video player I would suggest MPlayer or Xine (I prefer Xine myself).

MPLayer can be found here:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html

Xine can be found here:
http://www.xinehq.de/

What distrobution of Linux do you use? If you use Fedora Core 3 there are some "rpms" (a file sort of like "exe" for RedHat based Linux OSes) for both Xine and MPlayer here:
http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=903

Just scroll down the left side and look for MPlayer or Xine.

If you get the RPMs the install is quite easy:

Code:

 rpm -ivh <rpm file name here>

If you get any errors saying that a file could not be found search for it here:
http://rpm.pbone.net/

Use the "Advanced Search" option and make sure your distro is the only one checked off.

PS-If you do go with Xine....go back to the MPlayer site and download their "Essentials" package.

Then as root do the following commands:

Code:

mkdir /usr/lib/win32
tar -jxf <essentials file name here> -C /usr/lib/win32
cd /usr/lib/win32/<essentials directory name here>
mv * ..
cd ..
rm -rf <essentials directory name here>

And that should do it.

I would try to use Xine at all costs because it is easier to manage. Every time that "essentials" pack is updated it usually involves a re-install of MPlayer (that is, if you use MPlayer). Whereas with Xine you just extract the new essentials to that /usr/lib/win32 directory and you are all set.

Also if you do use Xine you will need to edit an option in LW, so that it knows to use Xine (it looks for MPlayer by default).
To do so:
1. Open LimeWire
2. Go to Tools
3. Go to Options
4. Go to "Helper Apps"
5. In the "Video Options" portion on the right you will see a text field with "mplayer" in it. Change "mplayer" to "xine"