Problem installing WinBUGs with Wine

On 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 (Linux kernel 3.13.0.30.36) I'm trying to install the WinBUGS Markov Chain Monte Carlo software with Wine 1.6, but after

wine WinBUGS14.exe

I get the following error message:

modify_ldt: Invalid argument
modify_ldt: Invalid argument
modify_ldt: Invalid argument
modify_ldt: Invalid argument
modify_ldt: Invalid argument
err:module:attach_process_dlls "krnl386.exe16" failed to initialize, aborting
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winevdm.exe" failed, status c0000005

There seems to be some discussion of the problem here—something to do with incompatability between certain kernel versions & certain Wine versions for 16-bit applications.

What options do I have? If there's a way to install an older version of Wine on Ubuntu 14.04 it would suit me fine, as I remember WinBUGS running with Wine 1.4, & I don't use Wine for running anything else.

(I already use the alternative MCMC software, JAGS, but I'll be needing WinBUGS for a course.)

1 Answer

I followed @saiarcot895's instructions to make a 32-bit Wine set-up, but got the same error. I then noticed the instructions here: "If installing on a 64-bit machine, you should download a zipped version of the whole file structure and unzip it into Program Files or wherever you want it."—rather than using the installer. So I extracted the file to .wine/drive_c/Program Files, & now WinBUGS works. Not sure if both those steps were necessary or just the latter.