What to use to open a .msi file?

[dablueman22]

Hi, two things:

1. Will Ad-Aware work on lupu 528?
2. And what the question says, I downloaded an msi, thinking it knows I'm using Linux and it would use exe if it was Windows. I don't know if that's right or wrong, but is there a way to open it?

Thanks,
Mike.

[aragon]

Hi Mike,

- ad-aware is windows-software so the answer is no
- msi-files are microsoft software installation files, so they work in windows and not linux.

aragon

[Burn_IT]

....perhaps under WINE??

[Liboicl]

With wine you can run msi files.

wine msiexec /i ProgramName.msi

I think a better question would be why are you trying to install virus protection on Linux?

[Burn_IT]

I think a better question would be why are you trying to install virus protection on Linux?

No the question should be why are you trying to run Windows virus protection under Linux?
Linux is just as susceptible to viri as Windows. The only difference is that there are so many different flavours of Linux and hence so few large easy targets that the virus writers haven't bothered yet.

[Liboicl]

I think a better question would be why are you trying to install virus protection on Linux?

No the question should be why are you trying to run Windows virus protection under Linux?
Linux is just as susceptible to viri as Windows. The only difference is that there are so many different flavours of Linux and hence so few large easy targets that the virus writers haven't bothered yet.

That is exactly the reason that there is no need to run virus protection on Linux. The only reason that would seem reasonable is to clean a Windows partition from within Linux.

If, however, one feels the need. Here is AVG for linux.
http://free.avg.com/us-en/download.prd-alf

I personally, just find it a waste of time and resources to run virus protection on a Linux system.

[Burn_IT]

Then remind me NEVER to accept any data from you..... and that includes emails.

[Liboicl]

Then remind me NEVER to accept any data from you..... and that includes emails.

That's your choice. I don't send things to people on Windows and even you admitted that virus writers haven't bothered with Linux. I personally don't think they will any time soon either. It's not worth the effort when one could easily hit a much larger number of people on Windows. If virus protection is such a concern then why doesn't puppy ship with one by default?

Also, I find this conversation a little of topic. If you wish to continue this conversation I recommend we take it somewhere more appropriate.