Re: [Scid-users] Run Houdini in SCID with Wine?

2011-08-15 Thread Sam Copeland
Ah, both solutions work perfectly! chmod +x and the direct executable path works! So does wine with the exe path in the parameters! many, many thanks! Sam On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Larry Isaacs wrote: > What happens if you run the just the executable path in a terminal. If > you se

Re: [Scid-users] Run Houdini in SCID with Wine?

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Isaacs
What happens if you run the just the executable path in a terminal. If you see "Permission denied", it probably means you need to enable the "Execute" permission. I think Wine can run program files without the executable bit being set, but since the engine is only doing console I/O, it doesn't ap

Re: [Scid-users] Run Houdini in SCID with Wine?

2011-08-15 Thread Gilles PLUME
Le 15 août 2011 à 13:11, Sam Copeland a écrit : > Interesting, I tried just the exe path, but I still get the same error > message. > > Sam Hi there, Personally I have to use the full *absolute* path to wine in "command" (/opt/local/bin/wine =>installed with macport) then something like

Re: [Scid-users] Run Houdini in SCID with Wine?

2011-08-15 Thread Sam Copeland
Interesting, I tried just the exe path, but I still get the same error message. Sam On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Larry Isaacs wrote: > I didn't include "wine", just the exe path. My command is just: > > /home/larry/Games/Chess/Engines/Houdini_15a_w32.exe > > I would expect the followin

Re: [Scid-users] Run Houdini in SCID with Wine?

2011-08-15 Thread Larry Isaacs
I didn't include "wine", just the exe path. My command is just: /home/larry/Games/Chess/Engines/Houdini_15a_w32.exe I would expect the following to work for you: /home/miller/Software/Houdini_15a/Houdini_15a_w32.exe It has been a while, but I seem to recall avoiding the double quotes and backs