In order to find out if a certain apps runs on Linux via Wine, we suggest to test it yourself. We can’t list here all the applications that are compatible with Wine, but we can assure you that most of them are. A vast amount of Windows apps and games are supported
Also, the application is not only supported on the Linux platform, as it is also compatible with other POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as BSD (FreeBSD, PC-BSD), OpenSolaris, and Mac OS X.
On Mac OS X you can use the Wineskin, WineBottler and osxwinebuilder apps. PlayOnLinux, Crossover, Q4Wine, Bordeaux, Pipelight, Swine, WineXS, and winetricks are some of the most popular Wine GUI (Graphical User Interface) front-ends on Linux. The software’s API allows developers to integrate Wine in their projects, and as a result, numerous graphical user interfaces, both free and commercial, appeared on the Internet over the years. It provides binary compatibility, support for graphics, sound interaction, as well as support for modems, networks, scanners, tablets, keyboards, and other devices. However, Wine should not be confused with a virtual machine or an emulator. It's not a virtual machine or an emulator
For regular Linux users, the above means that the Wine software will allow them to run applications which are designed to be installed only on Microsoft Windows operating systems. If you want to get more involved with QBasic there are quite a few QBasic community sites, check the Links on the QBasic News site.Wine stands for "Wine is not an emulator" and it is an open source command-line software that's capable of translating Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly for integrating Windows applications into your Linux/UNIX desktop. Your program is saved in the QB64 folder:įrom where you can copy your program and use it on any other computer (if you are going to use it on a Linux computer make sure it has Wine installed because without it, it can’t run). If you get this window it means that you have successfully created your first program! If not than you probably got a syntax error which means that you misspelled some of the commands or forgot to put a quote sign. Now that you have written that, press F5 on your keyboard, or go “Run > Start” for QBasic to compile your program source code and create an executable program which will look something like this: PRINT is used to print out everything that’s in the quotes displaying it as it’s written. The CLS command stands for CLear Screen, it clears the screen before anything else is done.
The program’s source code looks something like this: This “Hello World!” program is a kind of initiation into programming which is used in pretty much all of the programming languages not only BASIC, this program will turn you from a mortal to a programmer. We are going to write a program that prints out the words “Hello World!”. Now that you have installed it successfully, we can start with writing a program. If you have done everything right and still can’t see the IDE, leave a comment here and we’ll try to fix it. On the other hand, if you can’t see it then you screwed up somewhere in the process. If you can see it than congratulations, you have successfully installed QB64 on your Linux box.
exe file and Open with “Wine Windows Program Loader”). When the extraction finishes, go ahead and start qb64.exe with Wine (right-click on the. Go to Program Files and extract the zipped QB64 there. You should find the folders “Program Files” and “Windows” in there: After you have download the zipped file, go to Applications where you will find the previously installed Wine emulator, and “Browse C:\ Drive”.
You can download the current version (V 0.841) that is compatible with Linux here. In this example and the ones to come I’ll be using QB64. I personally use QB64 which is a compiler with an IDE and with it you can create executable programs right away (.exe).
All you need to do to install Wine emulator on your Linux box is to write into the terminal this line: And being developed by MS it runs only on Windows, but thanks to emulators, namely Wine, it’s possible to run in it under Linux also. It was developed by Microsoft more than 20 years ago. QBasic is an IDE ( Integrated development environment) and an interpreter for the BASIC programming language. Basic is a fairly easy programming language to learn for beginners, that’s why I’m starting with that particular language and will work my way up the complexity scale.