[Solved / Archived] Vivid Unit: Dummy Question: Is it possible to run Wine?

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Last Post by Mike Higuet 9 months ago

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Mike Higuet

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Hi,

I was wondering if it would be possible to run a Win32 executable on the Vivid Unit?
The reason is there is no Debian package for this Domestic tool.
So I know Wine is the "Windows Emulator" But I have not been successful in installing the Wine32 package on it :-/

If it is possible and you'd have a procedure or manual it would be very helpful 😉

Thanks!!

Posted : 25/02/2024 10:23 am

uugear

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You can not just use Wine32 for this purpose -- wine doesn't emulate CPU: your Win32 executable asks for X86 CPU while Vivid Unit has an ARM one.

You will need an emulator to emulate X86 CPU. It should be feasible but I don't have experience on that.

A better way is to find suitable software that can run natively.

Posted : 25/02/2024 12:24 pm

Mike Higuet

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@admin Thanks for the reply!

Yeah it's smart home software which is 10y old and of which I have no idea if they ever built a Linux package I have informed after this but I'll look into the emulator thing

Posted : 25/02/2024 2:24 pm