INTRODUCTIONWine is a program which allows running Microsoft Windows programs(including DOS, Windows 3.x, Win32, and Win64 executables) on Unix.It consists of a program loader which loads and executes a MicrosoftWindows binary, and a library (called Winelib) that implements WindowsAPI calls using their Unix, X11 or Mac equivalents. The library may alsobe used for porting Windows code into native Unix executables.Wine is free software, released under the GNU LGPL; see the fileLICENSE for the details.2. QUICK STARTFrom the top-level directory of the Wine source (which contains this file),run./configuremakeThen either install Wine:make installOr run Wine directly from the build directory./wine notepadRun programs as 'wine program'. For more information and problemresolution, read the rest of this file, the Wine man page, andespecially the wealth of information found at.3.
REQUIREMENTSTo compile and run Wine, you must have one of the following:Linux version 2.0.36 or laterFreeBSD 8.0 or laterSolaris x86 9 or laterNetBSD-currentMac OS X 10.5 or laterAs Wine requires kernel-level thread support to run, only the operatingsystems mentioned above are supported. Other operating systems whichsupport kernel threads may be supported in the future.FreeBSD info:Wine will generally not work properly on versions before FreeBSD 8.0.See for more information.Solaris info:You will most likely need to build Wine with the GNU toolchain(gcc, gas, etc.). Warning: installing gas does.not. ensure that itwill be used by gcc.
Wine for Mac, free and safe download. Wine latest version: Run Windows Apps On Almost Anything. Wine is a free compatibility layer which operates as a virtual Windows operating system on device.
Recompiling gcc after installing gas orsymlinking cc, as and ld to the gnu tools is said to be necessary.NetBSD info:Make sure you have the USERLDT, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM, and SYSVMSG optionsturned on in your kernel.Mac OS X info:You need Xcode 2.4 or later to build properly on x86.The Mac driver requires OS X 10.6 or later and won't be built on 10.5.Supported file systems:Wine should run on most file systems. A few compatibility problemshave also been reported using files accessed through Samba. Also,NTFS does not provide all the file system features needed by someapplications. Using a native Unix file system is recommended.Basic requirements:You need to have the X11 development include files installed(called xlib6g-dev in Debian and XFree86-devel in Red Hat).Of course you also need 'make' (most likely GNU make).You also need flex version 2.5.33 or later and bison.Optional support libraries:Configure will display notices when optional libraries are not foundon your system.
See forhints about the packages you should install. On 64-bit platforms,you have to make sure to install the 32-bit versions of theselibraries.4. COMPILATIONTo build Wine, do./configuremakeThis will build the program 'wine' and numerous support libraries/binaries.The program 'wine' will load and run Windows executables.The library 'libwine' ('Winelib') can be used to compile and linkWindows source code under Unix.To see compile configuration options, do./configure -help.For more information, see5. SETUPOnce Wine has been built correctly, you can do 'make install'; thiswill install the wine executable and libraries, the Wine man page, andother needed files.Don't forget to uninstall any conflicting previous Wine installationfirst. Try either 'dpkg -r wine' or 'rpm -e wine' or 'make uninstall'before installing.Once installed, you can run the 'winecfg' configuration tool. See theSupport area at for configuration hints.6. RUNNING PROGRAMSWhen invoking Wine, you may specify the entire path to the executable,or a filename only.For example: to run Notepad:wine notepad (using the search Path as specified inwine notepad.exe the registry to locate the file)wine c:windowsnotepad.exe (using DOS filename syntax)wine /.wine/drivec/windows/notepad.exe (using Unix filename syntax)wine notepad.exe readme.txt (calling program with parameters)Wine is not perfect, so some programs may crash.
If that happens youwill get a crash log that you should attach to your report when filinga bug.7. GETTING MORE INFORMATIONWWW:A great deal of information about Wine is available from WineHQ at: various Wine Guides, application database,bug tracking.