what is wine-bin?

newbiesforever · 01-17-2011, 11:25 PM

While trying to install wine, I found another item called wine-bin--a windows binary loader. Should I install it? It sounds important, but it apparently isn't required.

corp769 · 01-19-2011, 09:33 AM

I'm using fedora, and I don't seem to have it, yet I have everything installed for wine. So apparently whatever distro you are using it has something to do with your system? Err, what distro are you using anyway?

stress_junkie · 01-19-2011, 09:34 AM

I couldn't find any mention of it in Google or on winehq.org.

corp769 · 01-19-2011, 09:49 AM

Yeah, +1 on that one. I looked everywhere?

MTK358 · 01-19-2011, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newbiesforever

wine-bin--a windows binary loader.

What's a windows binary loader, and where did it say that it is?

newbiesforever · 01-19-2011, 11:05 AM

I just checked the description again; I made a mistake. It doesn't say "Windows binary loader"; it says "Windows API implementation - binary loader." I don't know, maybe I was spaced out from lack of sleep, and wasn't reading it properly; that's been happening a lot. Sorry for the confusion. My mistake.

But anyway, do I need this? The description (in Synaptic) says "This package provides the binary loader program for running Windows executables," but the main wine package apparently doesn't depend on it.

stress_junkie · 01-19-2011, 11:07 AM

If you found that on line it would be nice if you provided a link. We can all learn something today.

MTK358 · 01-19-2011, 11:17 AM

I still wonder what a "binary loader" is.

newbiesforever · 01-19-2011, 11:34 AM

I found it in Synaptic Package Manager (so technically yes, it's online), listed after the main Wine package. @ MTK: I have no idea what a binary loader is--my understanding of software and of programming isn't advanced enough--but it sounds important, certainly significant.

corp769 · 01-19-2011, 02:48 PM

To me, it sounds important enough to install LOL