[RNLD] Consult -- Running FLEx/LexiquePro/SayMore with CrossOver

[Beth Bryson]

Note that VirtualBox can run Linux as well as Windows.  Both VirtualBox and Linux are free.  If you install a version of Ubuntu Linux (currently Xenial), that would run the Linux version of FieldWorks.  The Linux version is built from the same codebase and has the same capabilities and can share data with the Windows version seamlessly.

There are others who have done this on a Mac, so there would be people who could share their experiences.

Beth Bryson


> On Sep 7, 2017, at 5:18 PM, David Nash <david.nash at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> I am happily using VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org <https://www.virtualbox.org/> on my MacBookPro to run FLEx and other Windows applications which require the .NET framework. (For earlier/simpler Windows applications like Toolbox or LexiquePro I use WINE https://www.winehq.org/ <https://www.winehq.org/>, because that is simpler -- when it works!)  The catch with virtualisers like VirtualBox that a purchased Windows is required for installation.
> David
> 
> On 8/9/17 08:04, John Mansfield wrote:
>> Hi Jorge!
>> 
>> There are two different types of software, Windows *emulators* and Windows *virtualisers*. An emulator is like something that can pretend to be WIndowsy enough to run a Windows program, whereas a virualiser actually establishes a Windows OS living on top of your Mac OS.
>> 
>> CrossOver and Wine are, I think, emulators. They run Toolbox, but not Flex. Flex needs a virtualiser. I ran it with a virtualiser called VMWare for a while. This was okay but it got really slow - not sure if this was a problem inherent to the software, or to do with running virtualisers on our networked uni computers.
>> 
>> I now just keep a basic Windows laptop just for running Flex. Maybe this seems crazy, but such computers are pretty cheap, and I found it to be the neatest solution.
>> 
>> j
>> 
>> On 8 September 2017 at 06:35, Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada <jrosesla at uwo.ca <mailto:jrosesla at uwo.ca>> wrote:
>> Dear everyone, 
>> 
>> My university's IT department has suggested using CrossOver (https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/K41rBvSLnv0kh9?domain=codeweavers.com>) to run the SIL Windows-only software FLEx, LexiquePro, and SayMore on our new lab computers. 
>> 
>> I've done a bit of browsing online and it seems like that won't work? I also tried installing FLEx with the trial version of CrossOver and the installation failed so I thought I'd send an email to the list in case anyone has been successful in getting this to work. 
>> 
>> If you have gotten to work, I'd love to hear back from you.
>> 
>> If you have not, what do you use? Parallels? Something else?
>> 
>> All the best,
>> Jorge
>> -------------
>> Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada
>> Assistant Professor, Indigenous Language Sustainability
>> Department of Linguistics
>> University of Alberta
>> Tel: (+1) 780-492-5698 <tel:%28780%29%20492-5698>
>> jrosesla at ualberta.ca <mailto:jrosesla at ualberta.ca> 
>> 
>> The University of Alberta acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 territory, and respects the history, languages, and cultures of the First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and all First Peoples of Canada, whose presence continues to enrich our institution.
>> 
> 

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