Hi Jeffrey,

I tried to install DSSAT ( version 4.0.2.0, I believe) on Ubuntu 9.1 under
Wine (can't remember the version) and had *no success*. As far as I
remember, someone asked a similar question during the first semester of
2010. Were you able to find the thread?

Please update the listserv with instructions if you succeed to install DSSAT
with Wine.

- Daniel


Daniel Reis Pereira
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:32 PM, White, Jeffrey
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> Does anybody have experience (good or bad) using DSSAT with WINE on
> Linux. WINE is supposed to allow Windows applications to run under Linux
> but does not guarantee full Windows emulation.
>
> The WINE FAQ note:
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> When users think of emulators, they think of programs like Dosbox or
> zsnes. These applications run as virtual machines and are slow, having
> to emulate each processor instruction. Wine does not do any CPU
> emulation - hence the name "Wine Is Not an Emulator."
>
> Some people argue that since Wine introduces an extra layer above the
> system a Windows application will run slowly. While technically true,
> Wine is no different from any other software library in this regard;
> even newer versions of Windows must load extra resources to support
> older applications.
>
> Importantly, the combination of Wine and Unix can sometimes be faster
> than Windows itself. This is especially true when the system has good
> drivers and the application isn't exposing any Performance Related Bugs
> <http://wiki.winehq.org/Performance-related_bugs> ."
>
> -          Jeff
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