Wine: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:24, 3 December 2019

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
    (wine.override { wineBuild = "wineWow"; })

    # support 32-bit only
    # (wine.override { wineBuild = "wine32"; })

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

    # wineStaging accepts the wineBuild argument, too
    # (wineStaging.override { wineBuild = "wineWow"; })
  ];
}

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 the 64-bit ("wineWow") build.

The override method is mentioned in the manual.

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+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 the 64-bit (<code>"wineWow"</code>) build.
 The <code>override</code> method is mentioned in [https://nixos.org/nixos/manual/index.html#sec-customising-packages the manual].