Comments on: Kindle Reader on Linux: We shall install no wine before it’s time (UPDATED)

By: The Computer Doctor

The Computer Doctor — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:43:46 +0000

@Argon and anyone else who wanted to know how to use Adobe Digital Editions in Linux, I wrote an article and posted a video at my website at
http://yourcomputerdoctor.info/uncategorized/back-to-school-and-going-linux/
The company I work for has stopped using both products mentioned in the article, and I’m not a big fan of ADE, but it does work.

By: Buggsy2

Buggsy2 — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:46:30 +0000

Using the latest Kindle for PC download doesn’t work for me, but using the older version of Kindle (link given in prior post) does work.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:01:43 +0000

Thanks! This worked great. No more virtual machine to read my kindle stuff! On Ubuntu, all I needed to do was install the Beta package from the Software Center. Thanks a bunch!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:20:09 +0000

Maybe this (substitute your home directoy name as needed):

env WINEPREFIX=”/home/HOMEDIRECTORY/.wine” wine C:\windows\command\start.exe /Unix /home/HOMEDIRECTORY/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/profiles/HOMEDIRECTORY/Start Menu/Programs/Amazon/Amazon Kindle For PC/Kindle For PC.lnk

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:15:45 +0000

Well, at least nothing happened, instead of something bad.

If you have the most current (development version) wine and the most current Kindle app, it should work. I don’t think the fact that it is netbook should matter. If you try launching from a command line, does anything get returned at all?

By: Samson J. Loo

Samson J. Loo — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:08:10 +0000

Hey Greg,

I am using Ubuntu Netboot 10.10 so I am not sure if that makes a difference. There is a shortcut, but for some reason it doesn’t launch. I marked it safe in terms of an executable, but that didn’t work. So that’s progress!

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:09:02 +0000

Wine should have put an icon on your desktop or there should be a way in Gnome to go wine — Programs — Kindle.

Or, something like:

env WINEPREFIX=”/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.wine” wine C:\Program Files\Amazon\Kindle For PC\KindleForPC.exe

By: Samson J. Loo

Samson J. Loo — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:29:48 +0000

I have installed WINE and Kindle for PC but my problem is figuring out how to launch Kindle. I checked the /usr/bin but I do not see Kindle listed. Any suggestions are appreciated.

By: Jerry Amundson

Jerry Amundson — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:42:56 +0000

Currently on Fedora, it’s so easy even I can do it. 🙂
yum install wine
Open file manager to the download where KindleForPC-installer.exe is, then right click, open with Wine…

By: Cynthia Eliason

Cynthia Eliason — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:04:10 +0000

I’m having the same problem; the file is not executable. I’ve tried changing it from the gui permissions box, which didn’t work, and from the command line, which also didn’t work. I’m still getting the same error message. Any ideas?