Running CyberCIEGE on Linux without Windows
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1 Running CyberCIEGE on Linux 1
CyberCIEGE was built to run on Windows environments, including Windows VMs on 2
VMWare and Parallels (on Macs). CyberCIEGE will also run on Linux using Wine, 3
though it is a bit less robust in that environment and the characters may look very strange. 4
Wine is an open source application that allows some Windows applications to run on 5
Unix type operating systems. 6
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If you have access to a Windows platform (or a Windows virtual machine), that is the 8
preferred way to run CyberCIEGE. 9
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If you have a Mac and no access to a Windows virtual machine, you can install VMWare 11
Fusion or Parallels and then install a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu Desktop (which 12
has been tested with version 12.04). VirtualBox does not appear to work with the 3D 13
graphics functions needed by Wine. 14
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2 Install Wine 16
If your Linux system already has Wine installed (e.g., it is a CS3600 VM), you can skip 17
this step. Do determine if you have a suitable version of Wine installed, type the 18
following into a terminal: 19
wine –version 20
The version should be at least 1.4. 21
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Otherwise, within Linux (assuming Ubuntu), open a terminal at type: 23
sudo apt-get install wine 24
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Then type: 26
winecfg 27
Then select the Graphics tab and check “Emulate a virtual desktop” and provide a 28
desktop size of 1280 x 900 (or, if your total screen size is not that big, whatever your 29
screen size is). 30
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Once you have installed Wine, the system will automatically execute “.exe” programs 32
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3 Install the Foxit PDF Reader 34
Lab manuals can be accessed from within CyberCIEGE. These are in PDF format, which 35
requires a PDF reader. Using a Firefox browser in Linux, go to the Foxit site and 36
download their free PDF reader, http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/ 37
Do not go looking for a Linux version of the reader, you want the default Windows 38
version. Click the download link and, when prompted, select “Open with Wine Windows 39
Program Loader”, and “OK”. 40