Installing and using WinBUGs on DSS Linux desktops

You can run WinBUGS on your Linux desktop workstations using wine, the Windows emulator.

Note: wine is an X-Windows program. You will need a working graphical environment in order to use wine and WinBUGS effectively. For remote use, we recommend you use a VNC Session instead of running X-Window programs back to a remote desktop.

WinBUGS Installation Files

The files needed to install and register WinBUGS 1.4.3 are in /proj/windows/WinBUGS

* WinBUGS14.exe - The installer * WinBUGS14_cumulative_patch_No3_06_08_07_RELEASE.txt - Cumulative patch to version 1.4.3 * WinBUGS-Registration.txt - Registration license key

Installing WinBUGS

1. Install WinBUGS by running 

wine /proj/windows/WinBUGS/WinBUGS14.exe

  1. Click Next> on the Welcome window

  2. Click Next> on the Select Destination Directory window. Don't worry about it wanting to install into C:\Program Files\WinBUGS14.

  3. Click Next> on the Ready to Install! window.

  4. Click Finish on the Installation Completed! window. WinBUGS is now installed into your .wine directory at $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/WinBUGS14.

1. Install cumulative patch

  1. Start WinBUGS 

    cd $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/WinBUGS14
wine WinBUGS14.exe
    You should now have WinBUGS14 running in a window on your desktop.
  2. Open the cumulative patch file inside WinBUGS

    1. Select Files Menu -> Open

    2. Navigate the file dialogue to /proj/windows/WinBUGS, select the WinBUGS14_cumulative_patch_No3_06_08_07_RELEASE.txt file and click Open.

  3. Select Tools Menu -> Decode

  4. Click on Decode All in the Decode window.

  5. Click OK for each of the Missing Directory prompts that come up.

  6. Quit WinBUGS to complete the patch installation. Select File Menu -> Exit.

2. Install the WinBUGS registration key

  1. Start WinBUGS 

    cd $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/WinBUGS14
wine WinBUGS14.exe
    You should now have WinBUGS14 running in a window on your desktop.
  2. Open the registration key file inside WinBUGS

    1. Select Files Menu -> Open

    2. Navigate the file dialogue to /proj/windows/WinBUGS, select the WinBUGS-Registration.txt file and click Open.

  3. Select Tools Menu -> Decode

  4. Click on Decode All in the Decode window.

  5. Quit WinBUGS to complete installation of the registration key. Select File Menu -> Exit.

WinBUGS is now ready to use.

Running WinBUGS

You start WinBUGS by running 

wine $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/WinBUGS14/WinBUGS14.exe

This will start WinBUGS in your current directory. When you open a file within WinBUGS you will be presented with the files in your current directory.

WinBUGs on Linux (last edited 2011-11-02 17:19:42 by LanceBrown)