Questions tagged [wine]
Wine is a free software application that aims to allow computer programs written for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.
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Extracting msi files using Linux
Related: How to extract files from MSI package?
To extract the contents of a MSI installer using Linux, I can either use msiexec with wine or use 7zip.
However, the latter does not preserve ...
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bad CPU type in executable: wine @ macOS Catalina
My wine met some problems while executing Windows executable file:
$ wine GECacheBldr.exe
zsh: bad CPU type in executable: wine
How to fix this?
PS: My wine is installed using HomeBrew:
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Why is wine "not an emulator"?
Isn't the difference between Windows apps and Linux apps just libraries asked by applications running? (see previous question) How is possible then to make Windows applications running on a Linux ...
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How do I dump information from a Windows *.lnk shortcut on Linux?
To launch Windows lnk shortcut on Linux, one can use wine start qqq.lnk.
But do I view the information (command line, current directory) about it? strings is not enough.
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Is ReactOS or WINE the more stable replacement for Windows XP? [closed]
As Windows XP is now out of support and any freshly discovered vulnerabilities will not be addressed, it's time to retire Windows XP from my Internet-connected computers. There's a lot of Windows-...
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Any Way to run Mac OSX software under Windows?
I know that you cannot run MacOSX within a virtual machine, but I am curious if there is something similar to WINE that emulates MacOSX enough to allow running some MacOSX software under Windows. ...
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How to replace dotnet40 with dotnet45?
I'm trying to install dotnet40 via winetricks, but I've got the following error:
$ winetricks dotnet45
Executing w_do_call dotnet45
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error: ...
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Is it possible to run NXT-G software under Linux using Wine?
I would like to use Lego Mindstorms NXT-G, but I do not have a regular access to a computer running Windows or OS-X. I have tried to use the official software in Linux using Wine, but it didn't even ...
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Installing .NET 4.0 Framework on Wine using Winetricks
I use Xubuntu 12.04 and I installed Wine 1.4. I am now trying to install the .NET 4.0 Framework using Winetricks. I use this command
sudo sh winetricks dotnet40
But I get this error
wine cmd.exe / ...
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Converting the /dev/ttyUSB to com port to use it with Wine in Linux
I have some software which runs on Windows. I installed Wine and ran it in Linux. It works fine but the issue is it communicates with a serial port. Therefore the only option I can choose are com1, ...
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Font smoothing in Wine
I've recently switched from Windows to Linux (elementary OS), and installed Notepad++ with Wine.
It works fine, but looks like Windows 95.
I tried setting registry settings to make the fonts look ...
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Choose which Monitor Wine or Play on Linux Selects when Full Screen
I am currently able to start a game with Play on Linux but it always displays the game full screen on my second monitor.
Is there a way to configure Play on Linux or wine to specify which monitor to ...
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Which Wine DLLs should I *not* overwrite with the real thing?
I have a legit installation of Windows XP and dual boot with Ubuntu (currently Karmic). WineHQ says it's possible to use DLLs from a real installation of Windows in place of "DLLs that Wine does not ...
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Installing Notepad++ via WINE on Ubuntu Linux
After moving to Linux, I miss having Notepad++ with me and I want to bring it along to my new environment.
I have Wine installed and downloaded the npp.5.8.5.Installer.exe. I have no idea what ...
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How install office 2010 under Wine in Linux Ubuntu?
How do I install office 2010 under Wine in Ubuntu Linux? What is the difference between the installation of office 2007 and office 2010 ?
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How to give wine a path to existing dll files
I try to run a windows program, which relies on a .dll, which is neither in the current directory nor in the directory of the program. The documentation mentions that the "WINEDLLPATH"-variable is ...
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How to run a windows .bat script with wine from command line?
I'm trying to run a batch script from my mac terminal using wine (in order to provide arguments to a windows executable and piping output).
so far I've tried executing
wine runme.bat
but obviously ...
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Can I replace Windows with Wine?
I will buy a new computer and install Kubuntu on it.
The only kind of software that I would run on Windows are PC games. Can I play most of Windows games without problems with Wine on Linux?
If Wine ...
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Install MSI with Wine
When I try to install an MSI, either with start, msiexec or nothing, it tells me that there is no Windows program configured to open this type of file
And it tells me too that MS.NET F4.5 needs to be ...
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HiDPI support with Wine applications [closed]
I'm thinking of buying an HP Spectre x360 13" laptop with QHD display and installing Mint on it and using Wine to run some Windows apps. I was wondering if anyone had experience with Wine's support ...
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Is there any equivalent to wine for running Mac applications?
Is there anything to run applications designed for OS X in Linux without having OSX, similar to how you can run Windows applications on Linux using Wine without having Windows?
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How can I run DirectX games on Linux?
I've tried using this tutorial on getting it working but when it tells me to enter a list of dll's from here but I only get a missing page. If I could either have that list or another completely ...
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How to set CPU affinity in Wine or CrossOver?
There are some old games who don't like the multicore processors in today's computers. I am wondering if there is a way to set the CPU affinity for them to '1' under Wine or CrossOver? i.e. In a ...
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Can I run Wine on top of Windows?
I'm using Windows 10 on an Acer laptop.
It would be nice if I could run both Palm Desktop 4.1.4E and Palm Desktop 6.2.2 at the same time. My plan for now is to run 6.2.2 directly, and 4.1.4E inside ...
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Using samsung SSD magician on linux
I have a samsung SSD and Samsung has a magician software for their SSD. I would like to use it, however I just have linux and the software is only supported on Windows. Is there a way to install it ...
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Can Wine emulate Windows 95?
I have VirtualPool2 for Windows 95, but recently the CD drive has not been working on my Windows 95 machine. VPool only supports Windows 95, so I can't run it in Wine, it detects Wine as a Windows NT ...
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Photoshop + Wine tooltip doesn't go away problem [closed]
I'm running Photoshop CS5 on Wine with Ubuntu Linux.
Now it's working great however there's an annoying problem:
If you leave your mouse on a file name when you start photoshop,
a tooltip opens up ...
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Ubuntu: how to get audio to work in both Spotify (under Wine) and Flash (in Firefox)?
I'm running Spotify on Linux using Wine.
Sound worked great (even though the sound test in winecfg failed!), until I installed alsa-oss package yesterday to get Flash sound working in Firefox.
Now ...
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How can I disable Internet access for programs running in Wine?
How can I disable Internet access for programs running in Wine?
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Password-protected PDF not opening on Linux
I have a PDF document (from the British Library via interlibrary loan) which is password protected via some sort of remote validation of the password. I tried to open it on Ubuntu 14.04, which failed....
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Font for Wine that supports the entire character set of the Win32 Console?
I would like to be able to display in the Wine console all characters that the Win32 console can display. I've written a small test program to print out all 8-bit characters:
#include <stdio.h>
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Linux compatibility layer for Mac OS X
I have a closed-source piece of Linux software written in a combination of Java and C. The application installs on my Mac (it uses InstallAnywhere), however, it isn't intended to run on a Mac.
The ...
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Is there a Wine-like program, but for Windows? [closed]
Sometimes, there's a Linux app that I'd like to run in Windows (XP). Is there something similar to Wine that will do it?
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Font smoothing in wine using winetricks does not work on OS X
I am using multiple wine applications on my Macbook Air running OS X El Capitan. I have tried using both Wineskin and Winebottler in creating wine wrappers for applications that I use and both of them ...
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Why Cygwin needs recompile application but Wine does not?
Cygwin and Wine both are compatibility layers. One is implementing POSIX on Windows, and the other is implementing Windows API on *nix. Why is it necessary to recompile binaries to run on Windows with ...
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Launch program with Wine using .exe arguments
I have this program that I'm able to launch via command prompt in Windows or via a crafted .lnk when adding the specified arguments like this:
"C:\My\program.exe" /ID:"MyID" /CompanyID:"123" /TheAddr:...
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How to install Wine on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
I am not able to find Wine in software center of Ubuntu. How can I install Wine on Ubuntu 20.04 (64 BIT)?
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wineboot hangs and does not complete
I'm having a strange issue with Wine on macOS 10.13.4. I have Homebrew installed and have installed Wine with brew install wine winetricks.
$ wine --version
wine-3.0
When I run wineboot --init > ...
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Error while loading shared libraries
I installed Wine from WineHQ for my Ubuntu 16.04 machine and I get the following error:
/opt/wine-stable/bin/wine: error while loading shared libraries: libwine.so.1: cannot create shared object ...
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How to use winecfg headless?
I cannot find documentation for how winetricks or winecfg create permanent exe overrides. I also would like to set desktop integration and windows version from the shell.
The reason for this is that ...
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Install python pywin32 in WINE?
I'm trying to install python under WINE in order to run and communicate with a windows application that uses COM.
I've tried the following but neither seems to work:
[root@localhost ForCentOS]# wine ...
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How do I run a program in Ubuntu using Wine that requires JRE?
I have an application that requires JRE to run on Windows. I have now migrated to Ubuntu and am trying to run the same application using WINE. However I get the error: "No Java Found".
Any ideas how ...
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Wine unhandled stack overflow
I can't start wine, any version on my Ubuntu 16.04. It's not that I can't launch a specific program with wine, it's that I cannot launch wine at all. Every wine launch crashes by giving me this error :...
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How to run todolist from abstractspoon in linux?
I want to run the ToDoList (any version from 5.3 to 6.2) in linux (ubuntu 11.04)
I've tried to use under wine 1.2 and 1.3 without success:
1 - I've downloaded the program (todolist_exe.zip);
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how do I run cmd files in wine as administrator?
I am trying to run the following script using wine 5.0.1 in ubuntu 18.04
https://github.com/kkkgo/KMS_VL_ALL/releases
I tried to run the script using the command
wine cmd.exe /C Activate.cmd
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Installing Node.js on Wine on Linux?
I know this may seem a little awkward, but how do you install Node.js on Wine on Linux, as opposed to installing directly onto Linux?
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Is it possible to run Corona SDK on ReactOS or Wine?
I dumped Windows, I'm now using Xubuntu. Is it possible to run Corona SDK on Wine? On Corona forums, they say no, but I wounder how this guy did it? Is ZeroBrane a solution?
What about ReactOS (or ...
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Google Chrome for Linux
Is there any way to use Google Chrome on Linux (specifically, Fedora 8)? Is there a native version for Linux, or would I have to use Wine?
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Do I need to have Windows installed to run Wine?
Do I need to have Windows installed on my machine for make Wine run? Or I don't need Windows installed, Wine has it owns libraries?
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Can I run Microsoft Office 2007 under Ubuntu?
I am an Ubuntu user, but was wondering if it was possible to run Microsoft Office. Will Wine allow me to run it?
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