Watchtower Library 2010 on Ubuntu 10.x
Every new release of Watchtower Library seems to require a new set of instructions to install, and Watchtower Library 2010 is no exception. After happily using the 2009 edition on Ubuntu for some time, I installed the new version expecting the same flawless behaviour; however it nastily crashed and burned with “The program WTLibrary.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close…” Running it from the terminal didn’t help either. I just got a lot of errors, including “Unhandled page fault on read access to 0×00000000″ After a lot of messing around, this solution got Watchtower Library working on my Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit installation.
If you are on a clean install of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, then you need to install Wine. To do this, go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center and type “wine” without the quotes into the search box. Install the “Wine Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer”.
Now insert your Watchtower Library 2010 CD-ROM into the drive, and open a terminal window. Type:
wine /cdrom/Setup.exe
If that doesn’t work, then try:
wine /media/cdrom/WTLIB10E/Setup.exe
Allow the installation to complete, and make sure that you opt to copy the files to the hard drive. Now, when you try to run Watchtower Library, you may get the dreaded “The program WTLibrary.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close” error. If so, then here is how to resolve it:
- Download iphlpapi.dll from this link
- Copy it to your ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 folder. If the DLL has been downloaded to the Downloads folder, the the following command should do it:
cp ~/Downloads/iphlpapi.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32
- Now go to the Applications menu, and choose the Wine section, followed by Configure Wine.
- Click on the Libraries tab and, under the “New override for library” heading, type:
iphlpapi
- Click the Add button, and answer Yes to the warning prompt.
- Click OK to close the Wine Configuration applet, and Watchtower Library should now launch successfully.
Watchtower Library 2010 - it runs!! 
When I first ran it, though, again all of the text in the browser window appeared as small squares. This happened with the 2009 edition as well. If you experience the same problem then, from within Watchtower Library itself, go to Library -> Properties and you’ll notice the “Browser Text” font selection is blank. Set the font to Liberation Sans, size 10pt and the problem will be fixed.
@Jay Hong
hi! can you upload the 2010 korean version, or just give me a link to download? i need the korean version but i have no luck searching with google or trying to get a cd
thanks
Many thanks bro. Wife can rest easy now.
@LagannBTT Hi, the best thing to do is to request one from your congregation literature servant. It’s not permissible to upload the Watchtower Library in any language.
@Uwakutina You’re welcome – glad it worked for you
Thank’s alot bro. You helped me to be legit with all my software. Keep up the good work.
Super, muchisisisisimas gracias, Jamas de los jamases hubiera podido hacerlo. Usted ha sido una gran bendicion. 1,000 gracias
It didn’t work for me =/
Actually I need to know how to make it work on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit…
Can you help me?
I used three minutes to install software, meeting an obstacles and so find a solution and fixed it. Thanks a lot.
Works on Ubuntu 10
thank you very much
Thanks for this! I just installed Ubuntu today and was afraid that installing Windows apps might be a little more process than I was ready for (haven’t used Linux in a decade). This was a breeze. Only difference was, my path to the CD was “/media/WTLIB10E/Setup.exe”, but that was easy to figure out since I am a little familiar with *nix systems.
I should mention though, in case anyone else has this issue – I got a bunch of errors on the command line though while the installing window seemed possibly frozen, & thought for a moment that it wasn’t going to work. I waited it out… and about 2-5 minutes later, all was good.
hi.. please help where i can download the latest watchtower library in our language(tagalog) thanks..
Hi, Watchtower Library cannot be legally downloaded. You would be best ordering it through the literature servant in your congregation. Thanks for your comment.
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Thank you for providing this information. It is very helpful for me. Just one quick note that the Watchtower Library 2010 works on ubuntu 11.04 without the need to modify dll file. The works provided was great and I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
WT 2010 now working with Ubuntu.11.04
Thanks heaps. I felt lost without these instructions, so I printed them out. I know this may be a little off subject, but does anyone know when the IOS release is to come? any hack to get it to run. My HTC is a little long in the tooth and I would like to employ my iPhone.
Thanks again.
James Ringhof
Tamworth East Congregation, NSW. Australia.
Hi, i need help. i want to know the fully detailed answer about this question now, “what kind of person has those who praise the ceation but not to the creator?” what i only have now is rome 1:20.
Works Perfectly in Ubuntu 11.10 running gnome 3.
I find its easier if you open up the terminal and type in wine and then browse to the setup file on your cdrom drive and then drag that into the terminal. That way you don’t have any probs trying to work out what the path to the cdrom is.
Thanks for your comment – that’s helpful
Thank you!!!
You’re welcome – glad it worked
@Graham What did you do to get it work on Ubuntu 11.04, what commands to install.
Thank you. Installing WatchTower 2010 for friend using PCLINUXOS FullMonty on TOSHIBA Satelite PRO 650. Worked a treat using
http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/I/iphlpapi.dll/5.1.2600.2180/download.html
She will be pleased as I did not want to go down the path of VM and now have almost convinced her that Linux with WABI/Wine is a better path than Win 7 Student Version and the costs that she keeps having to pay out. Also managed using sakis3g to get her Telstra 3G Elite USB to work with no problems with PCLINUXOS Full Monty.
Thanks for your comment, Gary. I’m glad it worked for you