Mac Wine.app Launcher

therealmccoy · Post by **therealmccoy** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:33 pm

Hey,

I'm running Wine 1.1 on OS-X Leopard, and am trying to figure out how to tell Finder to open all files with a .exe extension to open with Wine. The only way I can think of is to create a new .app folder with just enough information to link to the actual Wine executable.

I took apart the .app package of jEdit and replaced all references to jEdit with ones for Wine, then symlinked the real Wine executable to the Contents/MacOS directory.

Here is the info.plist file I tore apart:

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<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
	<string>wine</string>
	<key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
	<string>wine windows emulator</string>
	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
	<string>icon.icns</string>
	<key>CFBundleName</key>
	<string>wine</string>
	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
	<string>APPL</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Firstly, does anyone know if this can even be done? Second, if it can, what am I doing wrong? When I try to launch a Window$ application with it, X comes up like its supposed to, but there's no visible activity beyond that.

Thanks in advance,
- Jeremy

therealmccoy · Post by **therealmccoy** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:48 pm

Skip it, I got it working.

I downloaded the crap-tastic Darwine from http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine, but there was no sound support and it would not run Total Annihilation.

To fix that, I dove into the Darwine/Wine.bundle package, renamed the wine binary, and symlinked the real Wine binary I previously compiled. Now I have audio support and Total Annihilation works like a charm!

I wish that we could turn this into a nice Mac installer package, I mean how hard could it be? We include the necessary dependencies, tell it to compile, and tell it to copy a slightly modified version of Winehelper from the Darwine distribution to the Applications folder. Sounds easy.

Oh well, n00bs can follow these steps to get Wine 1.1 to run like it belongs:

1. Get Xcode and X11 if you don't have them already.
2. Get MacPorts.
3. Download the latest Wine Source off the main downloads page.
4. Extract the files and open a terminal in the new folder (easy way is to open the terminal, type cd and drag the folder icon from the title bar into the terminal).
5. In the terminal, type: ./configure --verbose
6. it will tell you you are missing certain libraries for application support, to get them, do an initial "sudo port selfupdate" without quotes in the terminal. Then, type "sudo port install nameoflibrary" where nameoflibrary would look like libpng, fontforge, etc. If port kicks back with an "I can't find it" error, do port search nameoflibrary but strip any mention of "lib" or any numbers from the name (so libxml20 becomes xml). Install whatever library name the port database actually has, they're usually what you need.
7. Do the ./configure --verbose again.
8. Any remaining "missing" features aren't important. Type "make depend && make" into the terminal.
9. Type sudo make install. Congratulations, you've done the hardest part! Now to fake out the Winehelper app from Darwine...
10. Download and install Darwine from http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine and do what it tells you.
11. Go into the Darwine folder in your Applications directory and control-click the Wine.bundle package, select "Show Package Contents".
12. Go to Contents/bin and rename the file "wine" to something else, maybe wine2 or something.
13. Open your terminal and type "ln -s /usr/local/bin/wine /Applications/Darwine/Wine.bundle/Contents/bin/wine"
14. Still in the terminal, type winecfg. Go to the Audio tab, don't touch anything, go to the graphics tab, only touch the Emulate Virtual Desktop thing if you have problems running a 3D program. I had to set it to 1024x768 to run Total Annihilation correctly, your usage will vary. Click OK to save and quit.

There you have it! You can now use WineHelper to run your windows programs!

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:29 pm

therealmccoy wrote:

Skip it, I got it working.

I downloaded the crap-tastic Darwine from http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine (http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/), but there was no sound support and it would not run Total Annihilation.

To fix that, I dove into the Darwine/Wine.bundle package, renamed the wine binary, and symlinked the real Wine binary I previously compiled. Now I have audio support and Total Annihilation works like a charm!

I wish that we could turn this into a nice Mac installer package, I mean how hard could it be? We include the necessary dependencies, tell it to compile, and tell it to copy a slightly modified version of Winehelper from the Darwine distribution to the Applications folder. Sounds easy.

Oh well, n00bs can follow these steps to get Wine 1.1 to run like it belongs:

1. Get Xcode and X11 if you don't have them already.
2. Get MacPorts.
3. Download the latest Wine Source off the main downloads page.
4. Extract the files and open a terminal in the new folder (easy way is to open the terminal, type cd and drag the folder icon from the title bar into the terminal).
5. In the terminal, type: ./configure --verbose
6. it will tell you you are missing certain libraries for application support, to get them, do an initial "sudo port selfupdate" without quotes in the terminal. Then, type "sudo port install nameoflibrary" where nameoflibrary would look like libpng, fontforge, etc. If port kicks back with an "I can't find it" error, do port search nameoflibrary but strip any mention of "lib" or any numbers from the name (so libxml20 becomes xml). Install whatever library name the port database actually has, they're usually what you need.
7. Do the ./configure --verbose again.
8. Any remaining "missing" features aren't important. Type "make depend && make" into the terminal.
9. Type sudo make install. Congratulations, you've done the hardest part! Now to fake out the Winehelper app from Darwine...
10. Download and install Darwine from http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine (http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/) and do what it tells you.
11. Go into the Darwine folder in your Applications directory and control-click the Wine.bundle package, select "Show Package Contents".
12. Go to Contents/bin and rename the file "wine" to something else, maybe wine2 or something.
13. Open your terminal and type "ln -s /usr/local/bin/wine /Applications/Darwine/Wine.bundle/Contents/bin/wine"
14. Still in the terminal, type winecfg. Go to the Audio tab, don't touch anything, go to the graphics tab, only touch the Emulate Virtual Desktop thing if you have problems running a 3D program. I had to set it to 1024x768 to run Total Annihilation correctly, your usage will vary. Click OK to save and quit.

There you have it! You can now use WineHelper to run your windows programs!

Note: The real wine was renamed mwine. Replace this file with what you
have done and you will be able to run your Tiger executable on Leopard's
X11 (it does not use :0.0 for the local display for security reasons.)

James McKenzie

therealmccoy · Post by **therealmccoy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:25 am

Good to know, but if that's true, why did symlinking over the wine binary fix my problem?

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:44 pm

The builds of Darwine from http://thisismyinter.net/?p=47 (which i compile)
have all the necessary libraries as far as i know. For a list of all the
libraries that i installed for Darwine, see http://thisismyinter.net/?p=45 -
maybe i missed one? Feel free to let me know if thats the case and i'll add
it in.
As for turning this into a "nice Mac installer package" I'd point you back
to the previous link (/?p=47) where i do exactly that. There's no need to
force everyone to install XCode to compile Wine and necessary libraries. I
haven't heard of many issues about people not having the proper libraries
from my packages. And the issues i have heard of (libxml2/libxslt-related)
were fixed quickly enough. The only libraries that i *dont* have are
libcapi20 and libhal. libhal because HAL needs things from the *nix kerel
and isn't compatible with OS X as far as i ca tell. And i cant eve find
where to download libcapi20. But who uses IDSN still ayway..?

True, i'm not the first hit im google like the kronenberg.org builds are,
but these builds are still on the first page of google. Skimming the page
might have saved you some trouble and anger..

-Zach
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Zach · Post by **Zach** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:58 pm

On 7/10/08, therealmccoy <[email protected]> wrote:

Good to know, but if that's true, why did symlinking over the wine binary
fix my problem?

Maybe there was something wrong with the builds from kronenberg and when you
compiled on your own, they were fixed? I don't know exactly. All i know is
that the problems you have/had the kronenberg builds aren't ones that i have
been told about with the builds that i create.

Also, maybe try emailing Mike? He seemed responsive last time i emailed him
with a question. His address is listed on his site somewhere.

-Zach
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therealmccoy · Post by **therealmccoy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:57 pm

Zach wrote:On 7/10/08, therealmccoy <[email protected]> wrote:

Maybe there was something wrong with the builds from kronenberg and when you
compiled on your own, they were fixed? I don't know exactly. All i know is
that the problems you have/had the kronenberg builds aren't ones that i have
been told about with the builds that i create.

Also, maybe try emailing Mike? He seemed responsive last time i emailed him
with a question. His address is listed on his site somewhere.

-Zach

Cool, I downloaded your Darwine and the stable version seems pretty good. Your unstable of 1.1 has an installer issue however, it doesn't copy a proper WineHelper or Read Me.html to the Darwine folder.

Also, while Total Annihilation will run off your binary, I get a bunch of OpenGL support missing errors -- errors that disappeared when I symlinked the version I compiled myself.

This is probably a libhal related thing, but I also can't get DVD Decrypter to recognize any drives on either of our builds. Not a super big deal, but I like DVD Decrypter a lot better than MacTheRipper.

Question: Since you are more involved with Darwine than most, what's the status of that no-X-required Quartz driver thing? Last time I checked (which was a long time ago), the site for the official version hadn't been updated for a couple years. Since Darwine development seems to have been passed on to real developers like you, maybe you know someone who has a more up-to-date version?

Zach · Post by **Zach** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:51 pm

On 7/10/08, therealmccoy <[email protected]> wrote:

Cool, I downloaded your Darwine and the stable version seems pretty good.
Your unstable of 1.1 has an installer issue however, it doesn't copy a
proper WineHelper or Read Me.html to the Darwine folder.

The readme is just a blank file for now. I need to get around to updating it
to a proper readme - the one from Darwine is out of date, and the original
one i created wasn't exactly useful (and is out of date now). I'll try and
have it ready for the next update though.

You're the second person to tell me that there's a problem with
WineHelper.app.. I'll poke PackageMaker a lot and make sure it works before
the next release (tomorrow? if that's wine's timeline).

Also, while Total Annihilation will run off your binary, I get a bunch of
OpenGL support missing errors -- errors that disappeared when I symlinked
the version I compiled myself.

I thought there was a Mac version of TA? And i cant find a copy online (and
I've long since lost my physical copy) to try out.

This is probably a libhal related thing, but I also can't get DVD Decrypter

to recognize any drives on either of our builds. Not a super big deal, but I
like DVD Decrypter a lot better than MacTheRipper.

Probably related to libhal. I thought that there was some code (under
dlls/ntdll/somethingoranother.c) that added support for cd/dvd drives on one
level or another on macs..

Question: Since you are more involved with Darwine than most, what's the

status of that no-X-required Quartz driver thing? Last time I checked (which
was a long time ago), the site for the official version hadn't been updated
for a couple years. Since Darwine development seems to have been passed on
to real developers like you, maybe you know someone who has a more
up-to-date version?

See http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/QuartzDriver for (as far as i know) the
latest info. The first paragraph there sums it up fairly well. The rest of
the page describes how to use Quartzdrv if you want. I haven't really had
much luck with Quartzdrv for general usage though.

-Zach
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James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:09 pm

therealmccoy wrote:

Question: Since you are more involved with Darwine than most, what's
the status of that no-X-required Quartz driver thing? Last time I
checked (which was a long time ago), the site for the official version
hadn't been updated for a couple years. Since Darwine development
seems to have been passed on to real developers like you, maybe you
know someone who has a more up-to-date version?

Emmanual still works on it. The last release was for Wine 0.9.59 and
will not work with either the release 1.0 or the development 1.1
branches. He has promised that a forthcoming release is due any time
now. However, I would not use this for production level work, but the
more feedback we supply, the better for him.

James McKenzie