Hi. I'm brand new to using Linux, so please be patient with me! I've just installed Zorin on my Windows 10 laptop and running it parallel to Windows 10.
I'm wanting to see if I can run an app call Bible by Olive Tree that is made for Windows 10 and Mac. I've gone to the Olive Tree website and clicked on download for the Windows version and got the below messages. I can't find an .exe file in the Files folders. Does this mean I can't download or use the Bible by Olive Tree app on Zorin?
Your download may be in the Home folder - just open your Files and it will default there. Alternatively, it may be in the Downloads subfolder within the Home folder - can't miss that one either once you're in Home.
I tried downloading to see what I get and it asks me to sign into a Microsoft account, so I can't mimic what you were downloading.
But once you find the file, just double-click the .exe and Windows App Support will do the rest.
Thanks for your reply @carmar. I checked all the folders in Files including Downloads and none of them contained the .exe file for Bible by Olive Tree.
At Windows Bible Study and the Bible for PC Windows- BibleReader: Mobilize Your Bible Study on Windows - Olive Tree Bible Software there is a download for the Windows app called BibleStudySetup_6.11.exe that is linked to the Bible by Olive Tree app. I went back into the Microsoft Store and tried to download the Bible by Olive Tree app but I can't find an .exe file in Windows 10 for it. I've emailed Olive Tree support to see if they can show me where to find an .exe file for Bible by Olive Tree.
In the meantime I tried installing the BibleStudySetup_6.1.1.exe file and following the instructions to install Windows App Support as you suggested (thanks!) This seemed to almost work! I opened the BibleStudySetup_6.1.1.exe file with Install Windows Application and followed the prompts to install Wine Gecko Installer and Wine Mono Installer. I got a message saying the Windows App Support was successfully installed. I then started the Bible Study 6 Setup installation, but it stalled when installing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2. I retried installing it after a reboot and got "Setup Failed. 0x800713ec - (null). Do you have any suggestions for what I could try next? Thanks!
See screenshots at https://photos.app.goo.gl/HDR2Vfn59QNPcNmN9
Try sudo apt install mono-complete in terminal (ctrl+alt+t) and then rerunning the setup file. Mono should preclude the need for .net.
If you still have the .net issue even after that, try, in order:
sudo apt install winetrickswinetricks dotnet462PS - Oops. You already wrote mono is installed, just skip to the winetricks steps.
Thanks @carmar. I just tried the above (the 1st time I misspelt winetricks, so I exited Terminal and retried. I seemed have got a 403 error: FORBIDDEN. Could you please make a suggestion?
Executing cd /home/david/.cache/winetricks/dotnet462
Downloading https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bdocgbate8hc8z/dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe?dl=1 to /home/david/.cache/winetricks/dotnet462
--2021-03-18 12:37:51-- https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bdocgbate8hc8z/dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe?dl=1
Resolving www.dropbox.com (www.dropbox.com)... 162.125.83.18, 2620:100:6033:18::a27d:5312
Connecting to www.dropbox.com (www.dropbox.com)|162.125.83.18|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: /s/dl/1bdocgbate8hc8z/dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe [following]
--2021-03-18 12:37:51-- dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe
Reusing existing connection to www.dropbox.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: /speedbump/1bdocgbate8hc8z/?content_link=https%3A%2F%2Fuc4b2cfa4f3b6745b029f40df75f.dl.dropboxusercontent.com%2Fcd%2F0%2Fget%2FBK56LTey0QdjQH0nBNg51FxC0MXauFm2ZRDj2YFLsQp_dQI76Ptrc59CoUAj8OaX2byOJDnuKNQvMAl6bHwWE_pH7AXBLrq5UvrZjG5zgq7cyhcbe7vDCtNNdInGKwTKC-U_HDPjqzewe4u18oqL9WKX%2Ffile%3Fdl%3D1%23&hmac=AJFmoK5rQ3q86zroxK9e1amymOAFdgLBMsKptuxX-Wc2Pw [following]
--2021-03-18 12:37:52-- Dropbox - File redirect
Reusing existing connection to www.dropbox.com:443.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
Saving to: 'dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe’
dotNetFx462_Full_x8 [ <=> ] 44.89K --.-KB/s in 0.02s
2021-03-18 12:37:52 (1.83 MB/s) - 'dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe’ saved [45963]
Executing cd /home/david/.cache/winetricks/dotnet462
Downloading https://web.archive.org/web/2000/https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bdocgbate8hc8z/dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe?dl=1 to /home/david/.cache/winetricks/dotnet462
--2021-03-18 12:37:53-- https://web.archive.org/web/2000/https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bdocgbate8hc8z/dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe?dl=1
Resolving web.archive.org (web.archive.org)... 207.241.237.3
Connecting to web.archive.org (web.archive.org)|207.241.237.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 FORBIDDEN
2021-03-18 12:37:54 ERROR 403: FORBIDDEN.
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~$
Please try the following 3 lines:
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/austin987/winetricks/dotnet462-noslim/src/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
And then reinstall the bible application.
Thanks for your help @carmar! I really appreciate it! I ran the above in Terminal:
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~$ cd ~/Downloads
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~/Downloads$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/austin987/winetricks/dotnet462-noslim/src/winetricks
--2021-03-18 13:55:17-- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/austin987/winetricks/dotnet462-noslim/src/winetricks
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.109.133, 185.199.108.133, 185.199.111.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.109.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 759999 (742K) [text/plain]
Saving to: 'winetricks.1’
winetricks.1 100%[===================>] 742.19K 3.11MB/s in 0.2s
2021-03-18 13:55:18 (3.11 MB/s) - 'winetricks.1’ saved [759999/759999]
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~/Downloads$ chmod +x winetricks
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~/Downloads$ ^C
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~/Downloads$
I've then tried to reinstall Bible Study 6 Setup but it has STALLED during the installation again 
Any more ideas??
Try:
cd ~/Downloads
sudo mv -v winetricks /usr/local/bin
cd ~/.cache/winetricks/dotnet462
wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/1bdocgbate8hc8z/dotNetFx462_Full_x86_x64_Slim.exe
env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/winedotnet462 /usr/local/bin/winetricks --unattended dotnet462 corefonts
Fingers crossed. This problem has been documented in 2018 and seems it hasn't been weeded out completely: Installation using wine gets stuck at .NET Framework 4.6.2 - WineHQ Forums
Wow - That ran for a good 5 mins @carmar
Unfortunately the result is still the same - the Setup Process stalls at Processing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2
By the way, I took a photo of the Terminal screen when the program finished running, as it looked a bit strange to me. It ended with ... (deadbeef) stub.
The "FixMe's" are just for the WINE dev's. You can ignore those.
Are you installing .NET on Winetricks latest version?
Open Winetricks from your app menu as GUI and use it to delete all apps and data.
Then, try
winetricks -q dotnet462
Try what @Aravisian recommends and let us know.
Just as an aside, I also recommend looking at: Bible by Olive Tree Alternatives for Linux | AlternativeTo - Xiphos seems to be popular if you don't mind considering that. It can be installed by searching for xiphos in Synaptic. Sorry, I know this isn't helpful toward fixing the .NET problem but rather is an alternative, however, I don't know where to go from here.
Hi @Aravisian. I'm new to Linux so please be patient with me! I went to bottom left (apps menu?) and searched for Winetricks. I don't know how to open it as GUI. Please see the screenshots attached for the message on Winetricks. Can you please explain how I'd use Winetricks to delete all apps and data? Thanks.
Try winetricks --gui
Thanks for your help @carmar. I've run the above command and followed the prompts. Can you please confirm I should click OK to "delete all data and applications inside this Wineprefix"?
Correct.
Btw, when you install the Olive tree application, does it give you an option (checkbox?) to choose whether or not to install .NET? Some programs allow you to use a checkbox whether or not to install the .NET, although I'm guessing this one doesn't but I thought I'd ask.
Gtk-Message: 08:42:25.315: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
find: ‘/home/david/.local/share/applications/wine’: No such file or directory
david@david-HP-Laptop-15s-fq1xxx:~$
I've clicked OK and got the above dialogue in Terminal. I've then tried to reinstall Olive Tree Bible Study and it stalled at the same place again. I didn't get the option not to install .NET 
Thanks for all your efforts to help! I really appreciate it. I've got a lot of my own notes, highlighting and a few books I've paid for in Olive Tree, which syncs well between Windows 10 and my Android ph. I'll look at those alternatives you linked to, but it's not looking like Linux will be a good fit for me, which is such a pity
I believe what Aravisian was asking was to do winetricks -q dotnet462 after removing everything (which you have now done) and then again trying the Olive Tree install. If you don't mind trying that one more time.
Thanks for picking up I missed that step @carmar.
I've run the above command and the installation was unsuccessful. It appears is the .Net Framework is corrupt. (see screenshots attached)
GUI = Graphical User Interface
CLI = Command Line Interface
When I suggest opening in GUI, this means to open it in your Familiar Graphical Window and when I suggest using CLI, this means to opena nd run an app in terminal. Running in CLI (terminal) means that the app does not have a Familiar Window with icons and checkboxes and entries - it is all Text In A Terminal. For example, when you run "sudo apt update", you are running the app APT (Advanced Package Tool) in CLI. It does not open a window with buttons on it.
Have you installed 32 bit architecture and support, first?
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt install zorin-windows-app-support
sudo apt install winetricks
sudo winetricks --self-update
winetricks -q dotnet462
