How to install Wine on Windows?

jim_smitts · Post by **jim_smitts** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:53 pm

I'm using windows, and I've downloaded the binaries and dlls, so now what? I have a program that I can't run the setup without wine. So how do I install wine?

oiaohm · Post by **oiaohm** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:57 pm

Basically you don't.

Wine dlls were produced for testing reasons on windows. It not a operational wine environment.

FSX · Post by **FSX** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:15 am

I think that there might be a real reason to do so, now. Wow32, used in 64-bit Windows versions, can't run Win16 apps. Wine can.

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:28 am

I think that there might be a real reason to do so, now. Wow32, used in 64-bit Windows versions, can't run Win16 apps. Wine can.

Isn't this is a result of a processor limitation. 64 bit mode does not
support 16 bit mode.

John

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:29 pm

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Gert van den Berg <[email protected]> wrote:

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM, John Drescher <[email protected]> wrote:
I think that there might be a real reason to do so, now. Wow32, used in 64-bit Windows versions, can't run Win16 apps. Wine can.

Isn't this is a result of a processor limitation. 64 bit mode does not
support 16 bit mode.

John

If Wine under x86_64 can run it, no....

The support of vm86 seem not to exist... (Should only be a issue for DOS apps)

http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=1759

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_ ... patibility
seem to state that Win16 on Windows > 3 run in protected mode.

lol! I guess I contradicted myself. Thanks for the links..

John

jim_smitts · Post by **jim_smitts** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:12 pm

Figures. Man, I still have the cds for Windows 95 and xp, too. But my only computer has vista. I heard the only way to install both is to do the older one first? Thanks anyway.

Gert van den Berg · Post by **Gert van den Berg** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:21 am

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:28 PM, John Drescher <[email protected]> wrote:

I think that there might be a real reason to do so, now. Wow32, used in 64-bit Windows versions, can't run Win16 apps. Wine can.

Isn't this is a result of a processor limitation. 64 bit mode does not
support 16 bit mode.

John

If Wine under x86_64 can run it, no....

The support of vm86 seem not to exist... (Should only be a issue for DOS apps)

http://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=1759

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_ ... patibility
seem to state that Win16 on Windows > 3 run in protected mode.

Gert