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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:05 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Walter Dnes <waltdnes <at> waltdnes.org> writes: |
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>> WINE, which runs some Windows apps, will not build on a 64-bit system |
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>> without multilib support. I found that out "the hard way" after |
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>> installing pure 64-bit on my machine. Rather than wipe+reinstall, I |
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>> ended up installing a 32-bit Gentoo guest under qemu-kvm, and installed |
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>> WINE on that. |
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> Walter, |
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> You have confused me. First you indicate that multilib is |
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> needed for WINE. Then you indicate that you had to use the |
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> 32 bit mixed mode (no multilib).... under qemu-kvm, and |
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> and then install WINE under the 32 bit qemu. |
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> So if you were installing a system, just to run wine, would it |
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> be multilib or hybrid (64 and 32 bit) ? |
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> James |
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James, |
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1) Wine is 32-bit |
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2) Walter had a 64-bit only system |
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3) Walter had 2 choices: |
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a) Wipe the system and start over making it a multi-lib system |
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b) Create a 32-bit chroot |
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He chose b). |
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It's not possible to 'install a system to ONLY run Wine', but if you |
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want to run Windows apps you have 3 choices: |
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1) Install 32-bit Gentoo on your 64-bit hardware. Not very interesting to me. |
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2) Install 64-bit Gentoo with multi-lib support. This is what I do, |
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although I don't run Wine anymore as I use Vbox & VMware. |
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3) Install 64-bit Gentoo without multi-lib support and run which in a |
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32-bit chroot. Double the Gentoo maintenance because you are now |
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required to keep both the 32-bit & 64-bit installs up-to-date. |
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Hope this help. |
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