Cannot Run Wine on Ubuntu or Debian

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sp7325
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Cannot Run Wine on Ubuntu or Debian

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New linux user, all attempts to run wine end with

"cannot execute binary file: Exec format error”

I have tried installing i386 support in Ubuntu 24 LTS and also installing Debian 11 with

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Which does not display any process running. LSCPU returns aarch64 as the Architecture in both systems.

Very new to the Linux OS and would appreciate help!
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dimesio
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Re: Cannot Run Wine on Ubuntu or Debian

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sp7325 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 1:04 pm LSCPU returns aarch64 as the Architecture in both systems.
That means both your systems are using ARM processors. Wine does not do CPU emulation; you need a CPU emulator such as QEMU to run x86 programs on ARM.
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