Help to install Wine on Debian 8
Hello, I need some help to install Wine on Debian please. I used to have Wine installed before re-installing and when I double clicked my program.exe, Wine opened up automatically and installed my program to c_drive and I could go into there and run my program without any issues. I've re-installed my Distro now about 30 times trying to follow various online guides but to no evail, I am unable to install Wine like before :(
Soooo, can I get some help step my step to get Wine installed the way I had it before please. I use the lxde Desktop gui environment. Thanks |
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After that, you use the wine commands to create your wineprefix(es) and install Windows programs using the wine command (ex. wine setup.exe). Sometimes it may be useful to run winecfg to adjust certain parameters or wine uninstall to check which Windows software is installed and remove if you want. The winetricks tool can also be useful for certain things ... Where are you running into trouble ? |
Hello, I've tried various guides but none have helped me. Do you have some instructions to try then I will let you know the outcome? I would like to be able to have it recognize that I'm installing a windows program by double clicking on it. I've tried guides where I was able to use 'wine program.exe' but for some reason program installed to Program Files instead of Program Files (x86) then when trying to run the program, it didn't launch.
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Okay, I think it was version 1.7 but I've tried that version as well but it isn't working. Sorry, I have no idea what version it was but was working last week but I went through so many guides I'm not sure what sequence if commands I did to get it working :(
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If so, how many wineprefixes do you have configured (if you're not sure what is meant by this, you probably only have one). When you run winecfg, and go to the "About" tab, which version of Wine does it report ? |
Hello, no, I currently just did a fresh Debian install, again :) and waiting for further instruction.
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Okay, what guide should I try;
https://wiki.winehq.org/Debian https://www.linux.com/blog/wine-1735...bianlinux-mint |
Sorry - I didn't realize this was part of what you were having trouble with.
Debian should have a package for wine. Although I am unfamiliar with Debian, assuming it works like its derivatives ... I would first update your system: Code:
sudo apt update Code:
sudo apt upgrade Code:
sudo apt install wine wine-gecko wine-mono winbind winetricks ttf-mscorefonts-installer |
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During the upgrade, I'm getting the attached message;
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I just did some quick research - my unfamiliarity with Debian may be of greater importance than I thought ... There is an entry in the Debian wiki which has more detailed instructions on installing Wine on Debian. I would suggest you follow these instead of those in my previous post. Apologies in advance ... https://wiki.debian.org/Wine |
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Okay, following that guide, at this part;
sudo apt install \ wine \ wine32 \ wine64 \ libwine \ libwine:i386 \ fonts-wine I get - E: Unable to locate package fonts-wine |
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Okay, I'll install;
Install wine on a 64-bit architecture (with i386 as foreign 32-bit architecture) and Install wine-development on a 64-bit architecture (with i386 as foreign 32-bit architecture) should I do both? I did the first one so far and noticed this; Warning: The home dir /run/uuidd you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory Adding system user `uuidd' (UID 117) ... Adding new user `uuidd' (UID 117) with group `uuidd' ... Not creating home directory `/run/uuidd'. Does that mean anything? |
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Did the installation otherwise finish correctly ? |
Yes, it did and so I had to run the exe like - wine /root/Downloaded/Program.exe and went through, wrong installation directory like Program Files instead of Program Files (x86) but whatever and when I try and run the program it doesn't do anything, lots of weird messages in the command window but can't get that right now because unable to type on the system now so am rebootingm but looks as though that process has failed :(
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Again, it sounds a lot like what happens when trying to run a program on Wine that is not compatible with it.
Some hints: - Make sure you are running the appropriate architecture (32 or 64 bit). This can be set individually for each WINEPREFIX with the WINEARCH attribute. - At times, some programs require the Microsoft .NET framework instead of Wine's own Mono. A version of this can be installed with winetricks. - Sometimes, installation of a program under Wine requires that the version it is emulating be set to a particular value (example, Windows XP) for it to function. Sometimes this version can then be set to something else to actually run the program. This can be set in winecfg. |
When I run winecfg, I get this;
wine client error:0: version mismatch 457/447. Your wine binary was not upgraded correctly, or you have an older one somewhere in your PATH. Or maybe the wrong wineserver is still running? When I tried to install the program.exe with just wine it installed Mono and when I tried to run the program.exe install with wine-development it installed .Net |
... Come to think of it, when you say you expected the install to use Program Files (x86) but it used Program Files instead, it makes me think you may be trying to install a 32-bit Windows app in a 64-bit Wine environment. Could this be the case ?
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I'm not sure. It installs fine on my Windows 64bit computer.
Is there a command to purge all versions of wine and it's dependencies? I only installed wine and wine-development |
Okay, I seem to have it working now with this guide;
https://wiki.winehq.org/Debian I only thing I can think of that I did different this time what I ran apt-get upgrade after doing an apt-get update like in your previous post. Could this have fixed something on my system? |
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Sorry I couldn't be of more accurate assistance, I'm afraid I underestimated how my lack of familiarity with Debian would hinder my success at troubleshooting this with you. Good show getting it done yourself, though ! Cheers and don't hesitate to return - there are many experienced Debian users here. |
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