Linux – How to get GrindEQ (Latex plugin for Word) to work with Word in Wine

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GrindEQ is a plugin for MS Word. It allows one to type LaTeX code into a Word document, then export that into Word's formatting (converts equations into Equation Editor equations, and takes care of labelling).

I want to get GrindEQ working in Linux under Wine. I have MS Word 2007 running in Wine, and I have installed GrindEQ into MS 2007 in Wine. However, GrindEQ does not work. I get an error "Can't find DLL entry point # in oleaut32.dll" I don't really know what to do! Any suggestions?

GrindEQ's website says people have gotten GrindEQ to work with Wine+Linux but they do not provide support to do this.

Thanks.

Best Answer

WineHQ's appDB doesn't have any information regarding GrindHQ. On top of that, the developer's site mentions:

Some of our customers report of successful launches under Linux+Wine, but GrindEQ does not provide technical support for Linux.

In other words, it won't be easy and it will depend entirely on what version of Wine you're running, what DLLs you have and what version of Word/GrindHQ you have.

I would recommend emailing the GrindHQ developers and asking them who has reported being able to use it under wine. Then if you can get in contact with them, they could give you a rundown of how they did it on their system. Then you have to hpoe its a similar process on yours.

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