I want to install H&R Block tax software (USA). There is no Linux version, so I tried Wine and Bottles configured for Win10 and using default settings. The tax software is compatible with win10.
Using Wine, the installation runs for a short time and seems to be progressing normally, but then it freezes. System Monitor reports no CPU activity and no disk activity.
Using Bottles, the installation process never gets started. I click the “run executable” button and nothing happens. System Monitor reports no CPU or disk activity. The executable file is the installer exe.
I installed wine, wine-mono, and bottles using Hello.
I searched for “wine” and “bottles” in Dolphin, but I did not find any log files.
What can I do next to get this software installed and running? Or is this not going to be possible.
Yes a virtual machine would probably be the way to go if that exact software needs to run on the same machine and no full win is available.
( Though with that last message it seems it is available, so yay. )
To continue on with another possible suggestion..
Some folks have recently been talking a lot about ‘winboat’ that purports to support more/more-easily than wine .. though personally I have mainly seen support threads trying to get it to work.
