Ångström Linux run wine?

mitch04 · Post by **mitch04** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:56 am

Hi Could you please tell me a way of install wine to my archos device that has linux on it. Im really have this program to install on it but not sure how to install it.
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/
This is it any suggestions would be great.
Thanks very much

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:18 am

The device appears to have an ARM processor, not an x86 one. That means that while might be able to compile on the system, it won't be able to actually run any Windows apps as they are programmed for x86 architectures (that is, any regular desktop).

roderakker · Post by **roderakker** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:07 am

DaVince wrote:The device appears to have an ARM processor, not an x86 one. That means that while might be able to compile on the system, it won't be able to actually run any Windows apps as they are programmed for x86 architectures (that is, any regular desktop).

then how can wine run on a mac? isn't that a different architecture aswell? this is interesting.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:31 am

The device appears to have an ARM processor, not an x86 one. That means that while might be able to compile on the system, it won't be able to actually run any Windows apps as they are programmed for x86 architectures (that is, any regular desktop).
then how can wine run on a mac? isn't that a different architecture aswell? this is interesting.

Current Macintosh machines use intel x86 processors either core2 or i7 based.

John

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:55 pm

True. Wine won't work on PPC Macs.

J4 · Post by J4 » Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:56 pm

Macs changed arch to x86 as far as I know.

roderakker wrote:

DaVince wrote:

The device appears to have an ARM processor, not an x86 one. That means that while might be able to compile on the system, it won't be able to actually run any Windows apps as they are programmed for x86 architectures (that is, any regular desktop).

then how can wine run on a mac? isn't that a different architecture aswell? this is interesting.

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mitch04 · Post by **mitch04** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:33 am

so its pritty much impossible to do?? you gies got any suggestion on what I can do. I need to run a small little program on there. This program only works for windows. Is there anyway I can do this? Because my device runs android on it and linux.
any suggestions would be greatfull.
Thanks

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:10 am

Well, Android is MADE for ARM processors, and Linux is able to run on ARM processors. Windows can't, but if you explain to us what the program does, perhaps a Linux-equivalent program that is able to run on Android exists.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:26 pm

DaVince wrote:

True. Wine won't work on PPC Macs.

Davince:

False: Wine will run on PPC Macs. It even has PPC specific code in
it. However, Wine on a PPC Mac WILL NOT run Windows programs as Windows
code is for x86 type processors. However, if you are willing to try and
truly be bored, you can get QEMU which is a x86 to PPC processor
emulator and then build Wine on top of this and then run your Windows
programs. I've read of program load times in the span of hours...

James McKenzie

mitch04 · Post by **mitch04** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:44 am

the program is called instacode its a locksmith program. All it is, you put a code in the box and it tells you what it is. I thinks its only 200mb the setup.

Any suggestions would be greatfull

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:40 pm

James McKenzie wrote:DaVince wrote:
True. Wine won't work on PPC Macs.

Davince:

False: Wine will run on PPC Macs. It even has PPC specific code in
it. However, Wine on a PPC Mac WILL NOT run Windows programs as Windows
code is for x86 type processors. However, if you are willing to try and
truly be bored, you can get QEMU which is a x86 to PPC processor
emulator and then build Wine on top of this and then run your Windows
programs. I've read of program load times in the span of hours...

James McKenzie

I know it will run, but it won't run Windows apps... That's why I worded it as "it won't work". Didn't know about the QEMU thing though.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 5:59 pm

DaVince wrote:

James McKenzie wrote:

DaVince wrote:

True. Wine won't work on PPC Macs.

Davince:

False: Wine will run on PPC Macs. It even has PPC specific code in
it. However, Wine on a PPC Mac WILL NOT run Windows programs as Windows
code is for x86 type processors. However, if you are willing to try and
truly be bored, you can get QEMU which is a x86 to PPC processor
emulator and then build Wine on top of this and then run your Windows
programs. I've read of program load times in the span of hours...

James McKenzie

I know it will run, but it won't run Windows apps... That's why I worded it as "it won't work". Didn't know about the QEMU thing though.

The version of Darwine that can be downloaded from Sourceforge.net has
QEMU included for the PowerPC version even though it is very, very old
in the PowerPC release. The Intel release does not.

James McKenzie