New package: wine

[Reece Dunn]

package: wine

url: ​http://www.winehq.org

category: x/windows

proposed BLFS category: chapter 26 - X libraries (This is my best guess, I'll leave the actual place this goes in up to the editor assigned to this ticket.)

version: 0.9.37

download: ​http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-0.9.37.tar.bz2?modtime=1178913219&big_mirror=1

required dependencies: xorg

description: A port of the Windows API to Linux, allowing Linux desktops to run native Windows applications.

build:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr
    make
    make install

alternative (if you want to have multiple Wine installations):

    ./configure --prefix=/opt/wine-0.9.37
    make
    make install
    ln -sv /opt/wine-0.9.37/bin/wine /usr/bin/wine

To run a Windows application (e.g. regedit):

    wine regedit

NOTE: other dependencies are needed for additional features (e.g. OSS or ALSA for sound; MesaGL when building with xorg 7.x for OpenGL/Direct3D support). I haven't yet identified all the non-essential dependencies.

NOTE: I have successfully built Wine and ran Windows applications using xorg 6.9.0.

NOTE: Using TWM or another Window Manager that uses the mouse over to change the focus behaviour will cause issues with Wine focusing.

[DJ Lucas]

New wine requires FontForge, will utitilze the MS Corefonts and configuration is much easier and different now using winecfg. Add esd to audio options.

[bdubbs@…]

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