Installation Procedure

1) Install Redhat Linux 5.3 Enterprise Version.

2) Create Normal user say "user1".

3) Upgrade the flex version by following below steps
a) login through root user
b) copy the flex in /root/flex folder
c) install flex by using the below command
# rpm -Uvh flex-2.5.35.1.i386.rpm

4) install wine by following below steps
a) login through normal user say "user1"
b) copy the wine file "wine-1.1.39.tar.bz2 in "/home/user1" folder
c) $ tar -xvf wine-1.1.39.tar.bz2
d) $ cd wine1.1.39
e) $ ./tools/wineinstall
f) While installing it will ask "Whether Wine has to be installed or build" Yes/No
Type "yes" and press enter
g) It will take very long time for buiding - after building - it will ask root password for installing. Please provide root password for installation.
h) Now wine will be installed successfully.

5) Install msjava by following the below steps
a) login through normal user say "user1"
b) copy msjavax86.exe in "/home/user1" folder
c) $ wine msjavax86.exe
d) restart system

6) Install Visual Studio 6 by following below steps
a) Login through normal user say "user1"
b) copy the entire contents from VB-Cd to "/home/user1/vb6" folder
c) $ cd vb6
d) $ wine setup.exe

7) Install Windows-Payroll-version-8.1 in Linux
a) Login through normal user say "user1"
b) copy the payroll-ver-8.1 sw in "/home/user1/pay81" folder
c) $ cd pay81
d) $ wine setup.exe
e) $ copy hard copy of already installed version of files with data from old machine to "/home/user1/payroll81" folder

8) How to use Payroll sw in Linux
a) Login through normal user say "user1"
b) $ cd payroll81
c) $ wine tnspay81.exe

9) How to take printout of payslip etc. If you face page break problem?
a) Open the *.txt file in "OpenOffice writer" then print from there.


H/W engineer, Ranjith
NIC, DIO
Vellore,District Court, System Officer