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WINE: Age of Empires II black screen problem

WINE: Age of Empires II black screen problem I installed Age of Empires II HD edition through PlayOnLinux and game launches fine, as seen on the picture below, however when I try to play a game there is a black screen instead of the game (Map, etc. shows up fine but the game doesn’t, as …

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Launch bottles application from command line

Launch bottles application from command line I have installed bottles for Windows application emulation. I am trying to start an application via command line but have not been able to start the application automatically. It opens up the bottle but the application does not start and it requires a manual start. I would like to …

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How to pipe STDIO from a thread process to /dev/null?

How to pipe STDIO from a thread process to /dev/null? I am trying to run Plarium Play with wine, but have encountered an odd issue. When trying to launch it from a regular desktop entry, I get this JavaScript error: This does not happen if I launch from the terminal. If I try and launch …

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Winetricks ubuntu 23.04 won't launch

Winetricks ubuntu 23.04 won't launch After fresh install getting the following: $ winetricks Executing mkdir -p /home/usr —————————————————— warning: You are using a 64-bit WINEPREFIX. Note that many verbs only install 32-bit versions of packages. If you encounter problems, please retest in a clean 32-bit WINEPREFIX before reporting a bug. —————————————————— —————————————————— WINEPREFIX INFO: Drive …

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Having trouble with TRON 2.0 WAN multiplayer on Proton

Having trouble with TRON 2.0 WAN multiplayer on Proton So, I’m trying to do WAN multiplayer in TRON 2.0 (Windows-only game released decades ago and is now on Steam), but I can’t see any servers (listed on GameSpy), and my friend can’t connect to me with my IP even though I have port forwarding set …

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unable to install `wine` in Devuan due to "supposedly identical version of libwine:amd64"

unable to install `wine` in Devuan due to "supposedly identical version of libwine:amd64" I’m in Devuan Chimaera. I had installed it in two machines before the current one. So I have also installed WINE before on Devuan. Somehow, strangely, I get this warning: sudo apt install wine wine64 wine32-preloader winbind winetricks –no-install-recommends blah…blah… W: Sources …

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How to get the list of verbs installed on winetricks

How to get the list of verbs installed on winetricks How can I check which verbs are installed on my wine prefix? I want to list only the installed ones. For example, on apt package manager, I can type apt list –installed to display the installed packages. Something like that. Asked By: Meraj al Maksud …

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Start wine graphical application from .desktop file

Start wine graphical application from .desktop file Context I’m trying to start Ableton Live which I installed through wine (and is working perfectly might I add!) by simply clicking on an icon in the taskbar. Normal behavior If I run the command from a terminal, which looks like wine /path/to/program.exe everything works perfectly: I get …

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Is there a way to emulate Windows in Linux like WSL?

Is there a way to emulate Windows in Linux like WSL? My question is: Is there something like LSW (Linux subsystem for Windows) for Linux? If yes, which and how do I install it? Please avoid comments like "Why would you want to do this?" because I’m really interested in this. Asked By: Notiq || …

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Unable to install an application via Wine that requires .Net4

Unable to install an application via Wine that requires .Net4 I’m trying to install the trial of this application in a wineprefix 32bit: https://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software It request dotnet 4, it is included in the installer in case it is not detected on the system. When I start the application, error with crash log occour. Installed: screenshot …

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How can I completely remove wine?

How can I completely remove wine? I’m trying to remove wine completely from Ubuntu. I’ve already used several commands that say I no longer have wine installed, but when I run sudo apt-get update there are always remnants of wine. Hit:1 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease Get:2 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu eoan InRelease [6,255 B] Ign:3 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu lunar InRelease Hit:4 …

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wine (64bit prefix) fails url opening from the app

wine (64bit prefix) fails url opening from the app Launching KSPLauncher (Kerbal space program) everything works smoothly except this … every time I want to open some web links I see jumping firefox icon near my cursor for 3 seconds then nothing happening Each attempt spawns such log (using `journalctl -xef`) Is there any way …

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How to install Spitfire Audio on Wine with DXVK on Ubuntu 22.04?

How to install Spitfire Audio on Wine with DXVK on Ubuntu 22.04? I installed Spitfire Audio on Ubuntu 22.04 (using Wine) but all I have is a black window. If I play around with resizing it and moving it around, I can get misplaced/suplicated text (but a lot is missing). Another user got this same …

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"the public key is not available …" error upon running sudo apt upgrade after installing Wine

"the public key is not available …" error upon running sudo apt upgrade after installing Wine When I run sudo apt upgrade, I get a load of errors than I can’t fix: Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [114 kB] Hit:3 https://repo.steampowered.com/steam stable InRelease Get:4 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu focal InRelease [8,041 B] Err:4 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu focal …

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22.04 The xbox controller of wine has a mistake, how to fix?

22.04 The xbox controller of wine has a mistake, how to fix? First of all, I installed wine following the steps from this website without installing about winehq because of this, and also installing more typing these commands: $ sudo apt-get install wine32 $ sudo apt-get install winetricks $ winetricks dotnet45 $ export WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.wine" $ …

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Lutris wont Uninstall

Lutris wont Uninstall Ubuntu 22.04.01 Installed Lutris and it wont run Witcher3/GOG. Lutris Installs and I can launch Witcher3 directly from Wine but when you try to run it from Lutris it wont run. Ive installed the Package Manager version 5.9 and the flatpack version 5.11 Ive uninstalled Lutris from Package Manager and also ran …

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How can I access the command line of the wine installed with PlayOnLinux?

How can I access the command line of the wine installed with PlayOnLinux? I’d like to install a very old version of Wine (2.18)… So, instead of compiling the Wine source code, I’m trying to do it with PlayOnLinux. On its interface, we can choose among different Wine versions: However, the result of the command …

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Hotswapping CDs on Linux

Hotswapping CDs on Linux Right now I’m trying to install Battlefield 2 from CD-ROM on my Linux computer (I know Battlefield 2 is a little old now but I couldn’t care less). Of course, it needs to be run under Wine, and luckily for me Wine isn’t the issue yet. The issue is that once …

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Ubuntu 22.04 How to run an .exe file by the Desktop shortcut

Ubuntu 22.04 How to run an .exe file by the Desktop shortcut After updating Ubuntu to 22.04, PlayOnLinux does NOT work to install nor to run any Windows apps, so I had to research and I found the wine command that is a great alternative not only to run any app but also to install …

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Unsupported Wine version when trying to run Overwatch 2 on Lutris

Unsupported Wine version when trying to run Overwatch 2 on Lutris I’m running lutris-7.2-2-x86_64 on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and downloaded Overwatch 2 on Battle.net (Version 2.1.0.1.105995). When I press "Play" I get Unsupported Wine version. Please update to 7.0 or higher. I’m lost at what to do, as it seems there is no newer lutris …

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