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Wine is an application to run Windows applications and games.

32-bit and 64-bit Support

On x86_64-linux, the wine package supports by default both 32- and 64-bit applications. On every other platform, the wine package supports by default only 32-bit applications.

These defaults can however be overwritten like this:

{
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    # ...

    # support both 32- and 64-bit applications
    wineWowPackages.stable

    # support 32-bit only
    wine

    # support 64-bit only
    (wine.override { wineBuild = "wine64"; })

    # support 64-bit only
    wine64

    # wine-staging (version with experimental features)
    wineWowPackages.staging

    # winetricks (all versions)
    winetricks

    # native wayland support (unstable)
    wineWowPackages.waylandFull
  ];
}

If you get the error wine: '/path/to/your/wineprefix' is a 64-bit installation, it cannot be used with a 32-bit wineserver., then you need a 64-bit build like wineWowPackages.

The override method is mentioned in the manual.

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-== Both 32bit and 64bit Support ==
+Wine is an application to run Windows applications and games.
+== 32-bit and 64-bit Support ==
-The default wine package only supports 32bit apps, to make it work with 64bit as well you have to override the wineBuild option like this:
+On x86_64-linux, the wine package supports by default both 32- and 64-bit applications. On '''every other platform''', the wine package supports by default '''only 32-bit''' applications.
+These defaults can however be overwritten like this:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">{
    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
-      #...
+    # ...
-      (wine.override { wineBuild = "wineWow"; })
+    # support both 32- and 64-bit applications
+    wineWowPackages.stable
+    # support 32-bit only
+    wine
+    # support 64-bit only
+    (wine.override { wineBuild = "wine64"; })
+    # support 64-bit only
+    wine64
+    # wine-staging (version with experimental features)
+    wineWowPackages.staging
-      # use the following variant to get a 64bit only wine
+    # winetricks (all versions)
-      #(wine.override { wineBuild = "wine64"; })
+    winetricks
-      # wineStaging also accepts the wineBuild argument
-      #(wineStaging.override { wineBuild = "wineWow"; })
+    # native wayland support (unstable)
-      #...
+    wineWowPackages.waylandFull
    ];
 }</syntaxhighlight>
+If you get the error <code>wine: '/path/to/your/wineprefix' is a 64-bit installation, it cannot be used with a 32-bit wineserver.</code>, then you need a 64-bit build like <code>wineWowPackages</code>.
 The <code>override</code> method is mentioned in [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-customising-packages the manual].
+[[Category:Applications]]
+[[Category:Gaming]]