[ubuntu-in] does wine works on 64bit ?

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/10/2010 09:44 PM, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com
> > <mailto:khatri.jatin at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     I'm using 64bit kernel and using wine to run some standalone Exes
> >
> >     but I'm getting following error
> >
> >
> >     if I run wine foo.exe
> >
> >     it says
> >
> >
> >     wine: '/home/username/.wine' is a 64-bit prefix, it cannot be used
> >     with
> >     32-bit
> >
> >
> > It does work flawlessly, I am using since last 2 years.
> > Can you share more information on the exe file you tried to install
> >
> > If I am not wrong, wine emulates 32 bit windows, so can install 32bit
> > apps (Only my assumption)
> >
> >
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> ya
>
>
> me also using it since last 2 or more years ..... but after gating the
> update to version 1.1.36 , it is not working
>
> it cannot run 32bit apps and 64bit apps ,,, but wine-notepad is working
> fine ... I'm able to run winecfg also
>
>
> right-now I'm trying to run irfanview 32bit [1] .... ( though I'm using
> portable Iview )
>
> May be you can try earlier version  or use some alternative softwares like
Cedega, playonlinux (both are exclusively for games but I think can be used
for software as well, with best of my knowledge)

May be this link might help you
http://www.winehq.org/docs/wineusr-guide/alternatives
Virtualbox has great features like pausing OS, saving state. So OS can be
started in few seconds.



> [1] http://www.irfanview.com/
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