If you are new to Dreamweaver CS3, it is one of the best, if not, the best web editor software in the market. While there are many open source and free web editors out there, none of them come close to it in term of quality and capability. Although it comes with a hefty price tag of $399, it is well worth the money if you are into serious web developing. As such, if you wish to follow this guide and install Dreamweaver CS3 in your Ubuntu machine, please make sure you have the licensed copy, or proceed to Adobe to make your purchase. Do not attempt to use illegal software.
Initial Installation – WINE
We will need WINE to create a Windows environment for Dreamweaver. If you have already installed WINE, you can skip to the next section.
sudo apt-get install wineThe WINE configuration window will pop up. Click OK to close the window. You can now find a .wine folder in your Home directory (if you can’t see it, go to View and check “Show Hidden Files“).
winecfg
Porting Dreamweaver CS 3 From Windows
Install your Dreamweaver CS 3 in Windows. (For this step, I would advise you to install it on a Windows virtual machine so that you can transfer files between the two OS easily later on.)
Now there are 5 main folders that you need to copy to your Ubuntu machine.
1) Open up File Manager and navigate to C:\Program Files. Copy the whole ‘Adobe‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files folder.Next, we need to import the Dreamweaver registry to WINE.
2) Still in the Windows File manager, navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\your-windows-user-name\Application Data (if you can’t find the Application Data folder, go to Tools->Folder Option->View and select ‘show hidden files and folders‘) and copy the whole ‘Adobe‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/All Users/Application Data/
3) In the Windows File manager, go to C:\Program Files\Common Files and copy the whole ‘Adobe‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files4) In the Windows file manager, go to C:\WINDOWS\system32 and copy the whole ‘marcomed‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows/system325) In the Windows file manager, go to C:\WINDOWS and copy the whole ‘WinSxS‘ folder to Ubuntu /home/username/.wine/drive_c/windows
In your Windows,
go to Start->Run. Type in ‘regedit‘ and press Enter.In the window that pop up, on the left pane, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE->Adobe->Dreamweaver. Right click on the ‘Dreamweaver‘ folder and select ‘Export’. Save the file as dreamweaver.reg
Copy this dreamweaver.reg to your Ubuntu home folder.
Now you need to convert the registry file to ASCII format.
sudo apt-get install recodeAt this time, you have successfully ported all the necessary files from Windows to Ubuntu. To test your installation:
recode ucs-2..ascii dreamweaver.reg
wine regedit dreamweaver.reg
cd .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Adobe/Adobe\ Dreamweaver\ CS3/Dreamweaver CS3 should now launch.
wine Dreamweaver.exe
Creating entry in Applications menu
To create an entry in your Applications menu, right click on the Applications menu and select ‘Edit Menus’.
Scroll down to the Wine->Programs entry and select New Item. Enter the following
Type: Application
Name: Dreamweaver CS3
Command: wine /home/username/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Adobe/Adobe\ Dreamweaver\ CS3/Dreamweaver.exe
Click Close. You should now see an entry in your Application menu. You can drag the entry to your desktop or to the panel to create a shortcut.