From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Jan 5 19:13:02 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8E15CA1E3E for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 19:13:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list1@gjunka.com) Received: from msa1.earth.yoonka.com (yoonka.com [185.24.122.233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "msa1.earth.yoonka.com", Issuer "msa1.earth.yoonka.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BBA51957 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 19:13:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list1@gjunka.com) Received: from ultrabook.yoonka.com (ip-109-84-2-87.web.vodafone.de [109.84.2.87]) (authenticated bits=0) by msa1.earth.yoonka.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id v05JCrDX032608 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2017 19:12:54 GMT (envelope-from list1@gjunka.com) X-Authentication-Warning: msa1.earth.yoonka.com: Host ip-109-84-2-87.web.vodafone.de [109.84.2.87] claimed to be ultrabook.yoonka.com Subject: Re: Wine & PlayOnBSD To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <88ccc43a-d28e-588b-9d3f-01fb3a1c85b9@gjunka.com> <58693C2B.7040806@abinet.ru> From: Grzegorz Junka Message-ID: <2e9002fb-c8e5-251d-3c41-452cdcb98f8a@gjunka.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 19:12:48 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <58693C2B.7040806@abinet.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 19:13:02 -0000 On 01/01/2017 17:28, abi wrote: > > On 01.01.2017 18:28, Grzegorz Junka wrote: >> I am using FreeBSD 10.3 x64. I understand that to run Windows >> applications on that configuration I can use only one of the following: >> >> 1. playonbsd-4.2.10_1 >> 2. wine-staging-2.0.r3_1,1 >> 3. i386-wine-staging-2.0.r3_1,1 >> 4. wine-devel-2.0.r3_1,1 >> 5. i386-wine-devel-2.0.r3_1,1 >> 6. wine-1.8.6,1 >> 7. i386-wine-1.8.6,1 >> >> Currently I have installed playonbsd, which is good but it seems that >> not all applications I would like to install can be installed on it. >> >> Which one of those options would give me the most compatibility with >> office-type and multimedia applications (e.g. DVD player, SoftPhone, >> applications that access USB), not necessarily games? >> >> Should I prefer some of these ports over others for my x64 system? >> >> When switching from one port to another (e.g. wine to playonbsd) can >> I keep the currently installed Windows applications or I would need >> to reinstall any of the applications/libraries installed on the >> previous version? >> >> It seems that front-end ports (q4wine, swine) default to 4. from the >> list (wine-devel-2.0.r3_1,1). Is there any reason for that? Can they >> run without problems on a x64 system? >> >> Many thanks for any insights. > > Probably you need i386-wine-devel and emulators/winetricks > playonbsd is a wrapper for wine. No need to use it at all, just get > installer for you program, create new wineprefix and install software > into it > > Personally, I make 1 wineprefix for 1 program (or program group ) with > env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/ck2 wineboot > sandbox it with winetricks if needed > copy installer into $HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/ck2/drive_c/Distr > env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/ck2 wine cmd > navigate to Distr and run installer > > ck2 is example prefix for crusader kings II. I love Paradox games :P > Thank you for the tips. Any reason why I shouldn't be using the x64 versions? And also, wasn't playonbsd designed to give a greater compatibility with Windows applications? What benefit is it to use playonbsd over normal wine with winetricks then? I mean, why is it in ports? Greg