How to Install Windows Live Messenger & Microsoft Visual C++ on Ubuntu ( Linux Generally)

How to Install Windows Live Messenger & Microsoft Visual C++ on Ubuntu ( Linux Generally) Under Wine

Install Windows Live Messenger :

Today we are going to install Windows Live Messenger & Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 on Ubuntu Under Wine

We will use Latest Wine Version , Right Now Latest Version is 1.1.24

Note for Ubuntu Users : Ubuntu Uses Latest Stable Version of Wine 1.0.1 on it's Repositories

So Download Latest Version from Here : http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/archive/index.html

Or Add WineHQ APT Repository Here : http://www.winehq.org/download/deb

Now we will use many Wine Tricks to help use to install Windows Live Messenger .

Open Terminal & Type

wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

then we will use these packages of Wine Tricks to help us to Install WLM

corefonts
flash
gecko
gdiplus
msls31
msxml3
riched20
riched30
tahoma

Now Type on Terminal :

sh winetricks corefonts flash gecko gdiplus msls31 msxml3 riched20 riched30 tahoma

Now we Installed Wine Tricks That we will Use.

Download This Version “Install_{508CE775-4BA4-4748-82DF-FE28DA9F03B0}.msi” of WLM

Press Here

Now Open WLM Setup File that you just Downloaded , Install it , Enjoy Windows Live Messenger.

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How to Install Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 :

Many of C++ Programmers who just moved to linux are not familiar with GCC and G++ Compilers and Also Need Microsoft Visual C++ libraries , we Are lucky that there is version of Microsoft Visual C++ Working Under Wine Perfectly and it is “Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition”

Get your Legal Copy of Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition and Install it Using Wine + Wine Tricks Installed Above .

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Download PDF of This Tutorial : Press Here
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Enjoy ;)