This is a guide on how to set up dreamweaver on ubuntu, it requires to have windows installed on a different partiton. This was tested on ubuntu 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10 (karmic) with winXP/vista/7… should work in any version tough.
This is a guide on how to set up dreamweaver on ubuntu, it requires to have windows installed on a different partiton. This was tested on ubuntu 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10 (karmic) with winXP/vista/7… should work in any version tough.A working windows system (dual boot) on the same computer with dreamweaver already installed in it.
Here we go:
1. Install wine
in a terminal, type:
sudo apt-get install wine
you can also go to Applications -> Add/Remove, search for wine and install it from there.
2. Download the Visual C++ redistributable package from micro$oft
save this exe file to your computer, when finished, right click on the file it and select open with -> Wine Windows Program Loader from the context menu. Click next on everything.
Note: you may need to change the permissions of the file in order to allow execution, right click on the file -> properties -> permissions ->allow executing file as a program
That’s it! now you can launch Dreamweaver from a terminal with this command (one line):
wine /windows/Program\ Files/Adobe/Adobe\ Dreamweaver\ CS3/Dreamweaver.exe
You should change the above route to suit your windows partiton mount point and the Dreamweaver’s exe file route. Here’s a screen shoot of dreamweaver on ubuntu:
Optionaly you can create a Launcher in your desktop, in order to do this, right click anywhere on your desktop and select “Create launcher”, enter the following values:
Name: Dreamweaver
Command: wine /windows/Program\ Files/Adobe/Adobe\ Dreamweaver\ CS3/Dreamweaver.exe
Comment: yup yup, this is dreamweaver on ubuntu
You could also select a cooler icon by clicking on the image at the left. Most system icons are located at /usr/share/icons folder
Cheers!
The Dreamweaver in ubuntu in 3 simple steps by Red Mezzanine, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.
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