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xPack WineHQ v6.17.0-1 released

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Version 6.17.0-1 is the first release.

The xPack WineHQ is a standalone binary distribution of WineHQ.

There are binaries GNU/Linux (x64).

Download

The binary files are available from GitHub Releases.

Prerequisites

  • x64 GNU/Linux: any system with GLIBC 2.27 or higher (like Ubuntu 18 or later, Debian 10 or later, RedHat 8 or later, Fedora 29 or later, etc)

Install

The easiest way to install this specific version, is by using xpm:

xpm install @xpack-dev-tools/wine@6.17.0-1.1 -verbose

Comprehensive instructions for installing xPack WineHQ on different platforms can be found in the Install Guide.

Compliance

The xPack WineHQ is based on the official WineHQ, with no changes.

The current version is based on:

  • WineHQ release 6.17 from 2021-09-10.

Changes

  • none

Bug fixes

  • none

Enhancements

  • none

Known problems

  • none

Documentation

The current WineHQ documentation is available online from:

Build

The binaries for all supported platforms (Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux) were built using the xPack Build Box (XBB), a set of build environments based on slightly older distributions, that should be compatible with most recent systems.

The scripts used to build this distribution are in:

  • distro-info/scripts

For the prerequisites and more details on the build procedure, please see the README-MAINTAINER page.

CI tests

Before publishing, a set of simple tests were performed on an exhaustive set of platforms. The results are available from:

Tests

TBD

Checksums

The SHA-256 hashes for the files are:

c324fb7194311aafe8464c5947a84a0496867a97fa81962704f219bf481290ba
xpack-wine-6.17.0-1-linux-x64.tar.gz

Deprecation notices

32-bit support

Support for 32-bit x86 GNU/Linux and x86 Windows was dropped in 2022. Support for 32-bit Arm GNU/Linux (armv7l) will be preserved for a while, due to the large user base of 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems.

GNU/Linux minimum requirements

Support for RedHat 7 was dropped in 2022 and the minimum requirement was raised to GLIBC 2.27, available starting with Ubuntu 18, Debian 10 and RedHat 8.

Download analytics

Credit to Shields IO for the badges and to Somsubhra/github-release-stats for the individual file counters.