Any luck with Wine/Box86?

Mangled · 5 February 2022 20:20

even if I make symlinks to usr/bin/wine instead of usr/local/bin/wine I get the same error when running the chmod to /usr/bin/wine

UPDATE:
I figured out what the issue was.

I had to remove the “~” from the directory path ~/wine/bin/wineboot
So it looks like this below:

sudo ln -s /wine/bin/wine /usr/bin/wine # You could aslo just make a symlink, but box86 only works for 32bit apps at the moment
sudo ln -s /wine/bin/wineboot /usr/bin/wineboot
sudo ln -s /wine/bin/winecfg /usr/bin/winecfg
sudo ln -s /wine/bin/wineserver /usr/bin/wineserver
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/wine /usr/bin/wineboot /usr/bin/winecfg /usr/bin/wineserver

After figuring that out I now have another issue with the twisterOS box86 even after running
sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

Box86 with Dynarec v0.2.5 a3d2443b built on Jan 30 2022 20:13:50
Box86 with Dynarec v0.2.5 a3d2443b built on Jan 30 2022 20:13:50
Box86 with Dynarec v0.2.5 a3d2443b built on Jan 30 2022 20:13:50
Error initializing native libtinfo.so.5 (last dlerror is libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
Error: loading a needed libs in elf libncurses.so.6
Wine cannot find certain functions that it needs inside the ncurses
library.  To enable Wine to use ncurses please upgrade your ncurses
libraries

Nachlese · 5 February 2022 20:55

are
/wine
and
/wine/bin
directories you actually have?

It seems odd to me to want to use these, instead of
/usr/bin/wine_whatever
which is (probably) actually in your $PATH

But I don’t know the first thing about how things work on ARM … I just figured it wouldn’t be very different to x86

Mangled · 5 February 2022 21:45

yes that is how it installed in Debian in a chroot environment.

Nachlese · 5 February 2022 22:39

I do not understand what you are doing - but that is just the current state of my mind and not a critique!
What I think I understand is that you have installed a Debian system into a chroot accessible under /wine
but I do not know what the symlinks are for as they will be pointing to nowhere from within the chroot
… I think

I wish you good luck and have fun!

(that is me, saying that I have no idea and cannot be helpful here and should better shut it … )

Mangled · 5 February 2022 22:43

sorry i am.trying to follow this guide below for box86 twisterOS edition hoping that it works. I keep running into obstacles and yes I dont really know what im doing. But i could confirm the directories are correct. Most of these scripts are just written poorly or expected for a novice linux user to follow. I am learning as I go.

github.com

ptitSeb/box86/blob/master/docs/X86WINE.md

# Installing Wine (and winetricks)
_TwisterOS users: Wine, winetricks, and Box86 are already installed in TwisterOS. You do not have to install anything._

_Raspberry Pi users: Wine requires a 3G/1G split memory kernel. Raspberry Pi OS for the Pi 4 already has a 3G/1G split kernel and works with Wine, but **the Pi 3B+ and earlier models have a 2G/2G kernel and require a custom-compiled 3G/1G kernel to get Wine working.**_

Using Wine with Box86 allows (x86) Windows programs to run on ARM Linux computers (x64 is not yet implemented).  
See installation steps below (in the [Examples](#examples) section).

Box86 needs `wine-i386` to be installed **manually** on ARM devices.  Even though `wine-armhf` is available in many repo's on ARM devices (ie using _apt-get_ will attempt to install `wine-armhf` by default), `wine-armhf` will not work with Box86.  Note that manual installation is required since using `multiarch` will result in your ARM device thinking it needs to install lots of i386 dependencies to make `wine-i386` work. The "twist" in Box86 is that Box86 "wraps" many of Wine's core Linux i386 libraries (.so files) so that their calls are interpretable by your ARM devices other armhf Linux system libraries.  Also note that wrapping libraries is an ongoing process throughout Box86 development and that some programs may not run properly until all of their i386 library dependencies are wrapped.

Installation files for Wine can be found in the [WineHQ repository](https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/debian/dists/buster/main/binary-i386/), the [TwisterOS FAQ](https://twisteros.com/faq.html) page, or the [PlayOnLinux website repository](https://www.playonlinux.com/wine/). Box86 requires the "i386" (x86) version of Wine even though we are installing it on an ARM processor.

## Overview
The general procedure for installing Wine for Box86 is to...
 - Download all the install files (.deb, .zip, or even .pol files) for the version of Wine you wish to install
 - Unzip or dpkg the install files into one folder
 - Move that folder to the directory that you wish Wine to run from (in TwisterOS, this is `~/wine/` by default)
 - Go to `/usr/local/bin` and make symlinks or scripts that will point to your main wine binaries (`wine`, `winecfg`, and `wineserver`).
 - Boot wine to create a new wineprefix (`wine wineboot`).
 - Download winetricks (which is simply a very complicated bash script), make it executable, then copy it to `/usr/local/bin`.

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I think either way I got box86 to register but its having issues booting due to some missing libraries. Does anyone know how to proceed?