Install msttcorefonts package using your packaging system. If it fails:
Install it using winetricks (this will affect your wine installation only, fonts won't be available for non-wine applications):
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks corefonts
Insert WTLib disc and run Setup.exe. If it won't work, do this:
wine /cdrom/Setup.exe
Installer would create working shortcuts on your desktop (on some systems in home folder), and in Applications > Wine menu. Use these to run Watchtower Library. You may delete *.lnk files (if there are any), since these are of no use.
Fonts smoothing
Starting with version 1.1.12 wine supports fonts smoothing which makes fonts looking much better. By default, this option is disabled. Here is a quick way to enable it and select best smoothing method for your monitor:
wget http://files.polosatus.ru/winefontssmoothing_en.sh
sh winefontssmoothing_en.sh
Problems with XFCE
XFCE ignores path parameter for desktop and menu launchers. As result, Watchtower Library does not start when you click these. The simple solution is to change "Command" parameter in launcher to
wine start wtlibrary.exe
Spanish Version
Spanish version of Watchtower Library has some issues, and may not work in default wine configuration under certain circumstances. If you encounter this, launch winecfg, wine configuration tool, and change windows version to Windows NT.
HELP YOURSELF AND OTHERS BY READING THIS
Official support for Watchtower Library on Wine
The watchtower society has no official support for wtreader on linux nor
apple, as stated in the readme.txt on the installation CD.
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.
Watchtower Library 2009
by Gian - Luigi on Monday January 18th 2010, 12:23
Anyone know how to get watchtower library 2009 to work in ubuntu 9.10 (mint 8) and wine 1.0.1 i get the following error when i launch it after installation
several missing dlls followed by
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\Watchtower\\Watchtower Library 2009\\E\\WTLibrary.exe" failed, status c0000135
2009 edition cannot start but there is no console output
by Jordan Bradley on Monday January 4th 2010, 8:19
I installed the C++ 2008 libraries to solve an error I was getting but the library cannot start, but there is no console output. I was able to install the software on my grandfather's computer running Intrepid Ibex. My laptop is running Lucid Lynx.
2009 WT Library
by Peter on Saturday December 26th 2009, 7:14
This is just a heads up for WTLB 2009.
I installed the 2009 version in 9.10 Karmic, but it will not run. I just get brief hard drive activity, then nothing. Interestingly, the first time I installed it ( a couple of days ago), the hard drive kept running and the whole computer slowed to a crawl. After several minutes, I had to "kill" the process. I have reinstalled again, but now get no output. However, the 2008 version runs fine.
I am running wine version 1.1.35. on an update to karmic, not a fresh install. Actually, I have updated from 8.10-9.04, then to 9.10 and did the initial install of 2008 in intrepid.
Installing wt library (Spanish) on opensuse 11.2
by Eric H on Saturday December 12th 2009, 16:42
I am trying to run wt library 2008 spanish on opensuse. every time I run the application, wt library crashes. the farthest I can get before crashing is the splash screen.
this error message appears on the terminal:
Unhandled page fault on write access to 0x00000208 at address 0x781355a8 (thread 0019), starting debugger...
I have the fonts installed so I know that is not the problem, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for any support.
Multiple Languages on XFCE?
by Waylan Limberg on Monday November 30th 2009, 19:52
Following the above instructions (changing the launcher command for XFCE) I was able to get one language installed just fine (I tried Russian first). However, when I installed English, now both launchers start the English version. Because of the path issues with XFCE I can't figure out how to specify which copy of wtlibrary.exe to run. Any ideas?
Error Message When Closing Watchtower Library 2008
by Matt Zavada on Friday November 27th 2009, 20:01
Everything works great, however I receive an error message whenever I close the program. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 64bit. Below is the Ubuntu Error I get:
"The window "Text for Friday, November 27, 2009 - Watchtower Library 2008 - English Edition" is not responding."
The error I get from Wine is this:
"Program Error
The program WTLibrary.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
This can be caused by a problem in the program or a deficiency in Wine. You may want to check appdb.winehg.org or tips about running this application.
If this problem is not present under windows and has not been reported yet, you can report it at bugs.winehq.org"
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Installazione WatchTower 2008 Italiano
by Gianni on Sunday November 15th 2009, 6:36
Salve a tutti, ho appena installato ubuntu 9.10, ho installato l'ultima versione disponibile di wine (1.1.33).
L'installazione della library, va a buon fine, tuttavia quando lancio l'applicazione, benché non dia nessun errore, non si avvia proprio nulla. Sono un newbie di Linux.
Qualcuno può aiutarmi?
Grazie a tutti
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English post version:
Hallo there, I just installed the ubuntu 9.10, I also installed the last version of wine (1.1.33).
The installation of the WatchTowerLibrary 2008 go well, but when i run the application, nothing happens, even an error message. I am a newbie.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks all.
Installazione Watchtower 2008 Italiano
by Alessandro on Monday August 17th 2009, 12:50
Ciao!
Io ho installato proprio oggi “Watchtower Library 2008” con Wine.
Ho “Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope” con “Gestione pacchetti Synaptic” ho installato Wine.
Dopo aver installato Wine installare “Watchtower Library 2008” è semplice, basta cliccare sul file setup.exe dal cdrom. La grafica d'installazione è la solita di Windows, una volta installato “Watchtower Library 2008” bisogna installare sempre con “Gestione pacchetti Synaptic” msttcorefonts. Questo serve per i font mancanti(a me non era leggibile la finestra dx).
Dopo questo funziona correttamente.
Buon studio!
Hello! I just installed today, "Watchtower Library 2008" with the wine. I have "Ubuntu 9.04 - Jaunty Jackalope" with "Synaptic Package Manager" I have installed Wine. After installing Wine install Watchtower Library 2008 "is easy, just click on the setup file exe from the CD-ROM The graphical installer is Solita Windows, once installed "Watchtower Library 2008" must be installed with "Synaptic Package Manager" msttcorefonts. This used to missing fonts (I had not read the right window). After that it works properly Good study!
WT Lib 2008
by Kernel Cruncher on Wednesday August 5th 2009, 6:18
Just installed WTLIB on openSUSE 11.1 and Fedora 10 under wine. In both cases without any issue. It Just works!, though M$ fonts were present already.
FYI: Actually installed from a .iso of the cd using acetoneISO, then from a konsole
wine /.Setup.exe
Interestingly it installs light lightening compared to windows.
Instalar WT Library en Español
by Enzo on Tuesday August 4th 2009, 2:33
Acabo de instalar Ubuntu 9.04 con wine 1.1.26 y luego WT Library 2008 en Español en mi PC sin ningun problema, eso si que en la configuracion del Windows a utilizar se debe colocar Windows NT 4.0 y una vez instalado el programa iniciarlo del icono que aparece en el escritorio, aceptandolo como de confianza. Saludos.
Missing dlls reported - solution
by Declan Moriarty on Wednesday July 22nd 2009, 3:36
dlls are reported missing in Slackware, and the library doesn't run without them on my box. I solved it with these 2 commands
cd .wine/drive_c/windows/system32
lndir ../../Program\ Files/Watchtower/MEPSCommon
lndir simply makes a pile of symlinks as needed and the library runs withour error.
problems instaling watch tower library
by William Tellez on Wednesday July 1st 2009, 20:15
Hello everybody, I did that web page said me, but when I execute the program the following error open: "The program wtlibrary.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We sorry for the inconvenience." I have ubuntu 8.10, wine 1.1.24, I need to install this program no linux, please help me,
Wtlib2008 - Portuguese and Spanish
by Cleber on Friday June 26th 2009, 7:05
Hi
I have too instalations on my computer. The first is in portuguese, my native language, and work perfect. The second is in spanish language and don't run. I maked the configurations posted in this forum and go don't work the spanish version. My system is Debian - Lenny and I instaled wine with apt-get.
Please, help! I work in a spanish congregation in Brazil and need wtlib works spanish too.
Sorry for my poor english!
wtlib2008 on kubuntu jaunty
by Fabio Antoniazzi on Saturday June 6th 2009, 5:22
I fix my problem. Don't know why, but on my desktop wine 1.1.22 don't work with wtlib. Wine 1.1.22 don't register any .dll from meps directory.
Now with old version 1.0.1 everyrhing work
Thank's
don't start on my kubuntu
by Fabio Antoniazzi on Thursday June 4th 2009, 8:04
sorry everybody! why my wtlib2008 dont'start in kubuntu 9? install on directory .wine/Programs/watchtower is ok. to the terminal i have these errors for all .dll in meps folder:
(err:module:import_dll Library appframework21u.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Programmi\\Watchtower\\Watchtower Library 2008\\I\\wtlibrary.exe") not found).
i copy all dll to the system32 directory but the same problem.
The same problem on ubuntu distro. For me it's strange because from kubuntu 8.10 everything was ok. My kubuntu is fresh install, not upgrade, with the last wine repository.
have you any idea?
Reporting Watchtower Library 2008 - Bahasa Indoensia
by roland ruben on Sunday May 24th 2009, 9:37
I just got the CD from my congregation this morning and try it on my Ubuntu 9.04 in 2 different machine, one Desktop computer and one notebook. The installation was running smoothly without problem but the icon of shortcut on desktop didnt showup but icon-like-a-text-file-look. So i have to manually added it to my desktop (right klik add this launcher to desktop). After the installation Wtlib didnt showup in wine but in browse the C:
I need to logout and relogin to make it appears in wine (Application - wine - Program - Watchtower Library 2008 - Watchtower Library 2008 - Bahasa Indonesia). Wtlib in Bahasa Indonesia so far works well on Ubuntu 9.04 as in Windows XP SP2 but i think i need more time for observation and trying compare it more deeply with Windows XP
Question about older computers
by Crafton on Saturday May 23rd 2009, 23:30
I have an old computer, 166mhz processor, running W98. No longer able to run the Library on that one due to the OS. Is there any way to install the 2008 Lib. on that computer, or to switch it to Linux and get the Library running on it that way? (It was originally used for only the Library anyway, and would like to "rescue" it. Can this be done with so slow a processor? I'm a total know-nothing where Linux is concerned.)
Watchtower 2008 on Sabayon: no maps
by Massimo on Sunday April 19th 2009, 6:22
Dear all,
installed Watchtower 2008 on Sabayon (gentoo-like) distribution. Everything looks normal (font rendering, sound) except tips and maps which are not working at all.
This is the procedure for installation using wine-1.1.19:
1) installed cabextract utility on the system (was not present before)
2) installed corefonts by using winetricks
3) installed Watch Tower Library 2008 by laungching the command:
wine /media/WTLIB08I/Setup.exe
When the program stars, it simply did not allow to view maps and tips.
All script is wrote with portuguese dialog boxes, I have no time to translate to english now, any help will be welcome.
This script activate smooth fonts, download mstcorefonts(if want to) and re-package after install to turn on not necessary cdrom for next instalattion.
RE: Font by Igor Tarasov on
Thursday March 5th 2009, 9:02
Sub-menu or Contextual Menu (Spanish)
by Nelson Rodriguez on Friday February 20th 2009, 10:10
Hi,
When right clicking in a word, the sub-menu will not work. None of the options. This worked fine in 2007.
There was an issue in 2007 that the sounds and maps submenu didn't work, but there was a work around: double click the word and the submenu for those items will appear and work. However, in 2008, the submenu does appear, but it doesn't work.
And when going to "Obras de Consulta" (not sure in english...is the submenu that gives you the maps, insight, pronunciation, etc) any option there will always take you to the insight article of it.
Once there, if the name has the icon next to it for pronunciation and/or maps, clicking on either one will take you to the first item always.
Any help with this will be appreciated.
I installed the Spanish version, in Ubuntu 8.04 64 and 32 bits, with wine 1.0 and wine 1.1.15 (same problem in all combinations). No error displayed (while doing the action) in a console.
