Solved How to make the .exe run? (for beginners on Ubuntu)

[Blasphemy]

Hi there, can anyone explain me how to make exe run? I already uploaded files via FTP WinSCP... now I want to run the otserv.

Thanks for your attention

 

[Addams]

wine /exepath/yourenginename.exe
or
just cd normally to where your server is and
wine yourenginename.exe
That is if you are using Spigu Hosting service which has wine installed by default.
or else you'll have to install wine by yourself

How to Install Wine on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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[Blasphemy]

wine /exepath/yourenginename.exe
or
just cd normally to where your server is and
wine yourenginename.exe
That is if you are using Spigu Hosting service which has wine installed by default.
or else you'll have to install wine by yourself

How to Install Wine on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

When Linux was originally made public, it lacked many useful applications that the major competitor Windows successfully supported. Linux thus created a compatibility layer, called Wine…

vitux.com

Executing that lines you open the server, but if I shutdown my computer, it shutdown too , what must I do?

 

[Addams]

Install screen and use it

How To Use Linux Screen

Screen or GNU Screen, is a terminal multiplexer. In other words, it means that you can a start a screen session and then open any number of windows (virtual terminals) inside that session.

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[Mister Budex]

apt install screen
screen -S name
screen -r
ctrl + a + d

 

[Blasphemy]

apt install screen
screen -S name
screen -r
ctrl + a + d

permission denied.

 

[Mister Budex]

permission denied.

do sudo

 

[Blasphemy]

do sudo

apt install screen
screen -S name
screen -r
ctrl + a + d

thank you both:

finally "deducting", I used wine to run the engine and then used "ctrl+a+d"
to close console without terminate session and now Its running

 

[cryptomeepo]

Sorry to revive this thred:

I got this message while trying to execute through wine

wine_process_init L"Z:\\home\\otsmanager\\forgottenserver\\tfs.exe" 64-bit application not supported in 32-bit prefix

Is there a solution?

 

[kowgli2]

maybe use 64x wine

 

[Jpstafe]

why use exe emulator? follow this tutorial. do not even need screen, solo use putty and winscp

Running your first ubuntu linux OT - OTS Guide

docs.otland.net