Which distro allows me to use WINE 64 bit?

edbarx · 08-12-2013, 12:40 PM

I would like to install WINE to enable me to run 64 bit windows applications under Linux.

Which distribution do you suggest is, in your opinion, best suited for such a purpose? I normally use Debian, but I am aware that Debian doesn't offer the latest WINE versions and that it only allows the 32 bit version of WINE.

However, I stand to be corrected, and would be overjoyed to learn that I can still use Debian and get the best 64 bit WINE version.

Thanks.

Timothy Miller · 08-12-2013, 02:11 PM

I may be wrong on this (probably am), but I am not aware of ANY distro that has WINE64 in it's repositories, they all have the standard 32-bit.

However, they do have Instructions on how to compile WINE64.

eSelix · 08-12-2013, 02:22 PM

For example Ubuntu from version Precise has package wine1.4-amd64 which can run 64 bit Windows programs.

Janus_Hyperion · 08-12-2013, 02:25 PM

It appears Fedora also has 64-bit Wine.

Code:

$ yum list wine*
Loaded plugins: langpacks, remove-with-leaves
Available Packages
wine.i686                 1.6-1.fc19                 updates
wine.x86_64               1.6-1.fc19                 updates
[...]

TobiSGD · 08-12-2013, 02:59 PM

Debian offers amd64 and i386 versions of Wine, as far as I can see. So the easiest solution if you are running Debian would be to just backport the version you want to use (1.6 is the current stable, 1.7 the development version): https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation

lleb · 08-12-2013, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edbarx

I would like to install WINE to enable me to run 64 bit windows applications under Linux.

Which distribution do you suggest is, in your opinion, best suited for such a purpose? I normally use Debian, but I am aware that Debian doesn't offer the latest WINE versions and that it only allows the 32 bit version of WINE.

However, I stand to be corrected, and would be overjoyed to learn that I can still use Debian and get the best 64 bit WINE version.

Thanks.

Fedora 19 has 64bit for wine. im sure fedora 18 did too, but i never looked into it. i just did a yum search wine and there were just as many 64 as 32 plus loads of noarch for things like the fonts and basic commands.

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# yum search wineLoaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, refresh-packagekitLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * fedora: ftp.usf.edu * livna: rpm.livna.org
 * rpmfusion-free: mirror.nexcess.net
 * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.nexcess.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.nexcess.net
 * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.nexcess.net
 * updates: ftp.usf.edu
=================================================== N/S matched: wine ===================================================
wine-desktop.noarch : Desktop integration features for wine
q4wine.x86_64 : Qt4 GUI for wine
mingw32-wine-gecko.noarch : Gecko library for 32bit wine
mingw64-wine-gecko.noarch : Gecko library for 64bit wine
wine-alsa.i686 : Alsa support for wine
wine-alsa.x86_64 : Alsa support for wine
wine-capi.i686 : ISDN support for wine
wine-capi.x86_64 : ISDN support for wine
wine-cms.i686 : Color Management for wine
wine-cms.x86_64 : Color Management for wine
wine-core.i686 : Wine core package
wine-core.x86_64 : Wine core package
wine-courier-fonts.noarch : Wine Courier font family
wine-devel.i686 : Wine development environment
wine-devel.x86_64 : Wine development environment
wine-docs.noarch : Documentation for wine
wine-filesystem.noarch : Filesystem directories for wine
wine-fixedsys-fonts.noarch : Wine Fixedsys font family
wine-fonts.noarch : Wine font files
wine-ldap.i686 : LDAP support for wine
wine-ldap.x86_64 : LDAP support for wine
wine-marlett-fonts.noarch : Wine Marlett font family
wine-mono.noarch : Mono library required for Wine
wine-ms-sans-serif-fonts.noarch : Wine MS Sans Serif font family
wine-openal.i686 : Openal support for wine
wine-openal.x86_64 : Openal support for wine
wine-pulseaudio.i686 : Pulseaudio support for wine
wine-pulseaudio.x86_64 : Pulseaudio support for wine
wine-small-fonts.noarch : Wine Small font family
wine-symbol-fonts.noarch : Wine Symbol font family
wine-system-fonts.noarch : Wine System font family
wine-systemd.noarch : Systemd config for the wine binfmt handler
wine-sysvinit.noarch : SysV initscript for the wine binfmt handler
wine-tahoma-fonts.noarch : Wine Tahoma font family
wine-tahoma-fonts-system.noarch : Wine Tahoma font family system integration
wine-twain.i686 : Twain support for wine
wine-twain.x86_64 : Twain support for wine
wine-wingdings-fonts.noarch : Wine Wingdings font family
wine-wow.i686 : Files for wine wow separation
wine-wow.x86_64 : Files for wine wow separation
dssi-vst-wine.i686 : VST plug-ins wrapper
wine.i686 : A compatibility layer for windows applications
wine.x86_64 : A compatibility layer for windows applications
wine-common.noarch : Common files

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