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infested999

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Registered: 2010-10-02

Posts: 48

Winetricks in x86_64

So I finally got winetricks to work in my x86_64 arch install and I launched it by:

WINEARCH=win32 winetricks

Now I ran into another problem, it gives the error:

wine cmd.exe /c echo '%ProgramFiles%' returned empty string

winecfg:

I simply need to install d3dx9 and a few other things...

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,580

Re: Winetricks in x86_64

Did you create a new 32bit wine installation? You need to rename or delete your existing ~/.wine (hopefully you don't have anything important installed) and then run

WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … g_WINEARCH

infested999

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Registered: 2010-10-02

Posts: 48

Re: Winetricks in x86_64

Did you create a new 32bit wine installation? You need to rename or delete your existing ~/.wine (hopefully you don't have anything important installed) and then run

WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … g_WINEARCH

Ahh that clarifies allot! I never had a x64 CPU before so I don't really understand how this works. I can install any 32-bit application I want with this wine install now?

thestinger

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 478

Re: Winetricks in x86_64

Did you create a new 32bit wine installation? You need to rename or delete your existing ~/.wine (hopefully you don't have anything important installed) and then run

WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … g_WINEARCH

Ahh that clarifies allot! I never had a x64 CPU before so I don't really understand how this works. I can install any 32-bit application I want with this wine install now?

You can run 32-bit programs in a 64-bit wine prefix too, the same way 32-bit programs run on Windows (WoW64). However, winetricks doesn't work with a 64-bit wine prefix yet.

Last edited by thestinger (2010-12-16 20:50:23)

infested999

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Registered: 2010-10-02

Posts: 48

Re: Winetricks in x86_64

Did you create a new 32bit wine installation? You need to rename or delete your existing ~/.wine (hopefully you don't have anything important installed) and then run

WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … g_WINEARCH

Ahh that clarifies allot! I never had a x64 CPU before so I don't really understand how this works. I can install any 32-bit application I want with this wine install now?

You can run 32-bit programs in a 64-bit wine prefix too, the same way 32-bit programs run on Windows (WoW64). However, winetricks doesn't work with a 64-bit wine prefix yet.

Hmm, does this cause a performance decrease in gaming since DirectX and .NET is only 32-bit?

thestinger

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From: Toronto, Canada

Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 478

Re: Winetricks in x86_64

It probably doesn't cause much of a performance hit, but if you're only using 32-bit windows programs, you might as well use a 32-bit wine prefix.

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,358

Re: Winetricks in x86_64

More to the point than a possible performance hit is that some apps just flat out won't install/run in a 64-bit prefix.

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