Attempt to install Wine on Debian 7.0.0 64-bit

[mike3]

Hi.

I was trying to compile Wine from source (since I want the latest cutting-edge version) on the new Debian 7.0.0 "Wheezy" system. However, I've run into a snag: the configuration is asking for "FreeType 32-bit development files", but when I try to install these, Debian's package manager wants to REMOVE a whole lot of 64-bit packages -- including ones as vital as GCC (!). How can one go about getting this to compile without hosing your system?

[mike3]

Move this to the Linux forum (didn't see there was such a thing), please.

[dimesio]

Probably the easiest way I've seen suggested is to install 32 bit Debian in a VM and build Wine there. Your other option seems to be a chroot. http://verahill.blogspot.com/2013/04/37 ... hroot.html