1. INTRODUCTION
-Wine is a program that allows running MS-Windows programs under X11.
-It consists of a program loader, that loads and executes an
-MS-Windows binary, and of an emulation library that translates Windows
-API calls to their Unix/X11 equivalent.
+Wine is a program which allows running Microsoft Windows programs
+(including DOS, Windows 3.x and Win32 executables) on Unix. It
+consists of a program loader which loads and executes a Microsoft
+Windows binary, and a library (called Winelib) that implements Windows
+API calls using their Unix or X11 equivalents. The library may also
+be used for porting Win32 code into native Unix executables.
-Wine is free software. See the file LICENSE for the details.
-Basically, you can do anything with it, except claim that you wrote it.
+Wine is free software, released under the GNU LGPL; see the file
+LICENSE for the details.
-2. COMPILATION
+2. QUICK START
-You must have one of:
+Whenever you compile from source, it is recommended to use the Wine
+Installer to build and install Wine. From the top-level directory
+of the Wine source (which contains this file), run:
- Linux version 0.99.13 or above
- NetBSD-current
- FreeBSD-current or FreeBSD 1.1
+./tools/wineinstall
-You also need to have libXpm installed on your system. The sources for
-it are probably available on the ftp site where you got Wine. They can
-also be found on ftp.x.org and all its mirror sites.
+Run programs as "wine program". For more information and problem
+resolution, read the rest of this file, the Wine man page, and
+especially the wealth of information found at http://www.winehq.org.
-To build Wine, first do a "./Configure" and then a "make" (or "gmake"
-if you're running *BSD). The executable "wine" will be built. "wine"
-will load and run 16-bit Windows executables.
-To upgrade to a new release by using a patch file, first cd to the
-top-level directory of the release (the one containing this README
-file). Then do a "make clean", and patch the release with:
+3. REQUIREMENTS
- gunzip -c patch-file | patch -p1
+To compile and run Wine, you must have one of the following:
-where "patch-file" is the name of the patch file (something like
-Wine-yymmdd.diff.gz). You can then re-run "./Configure", and then
-run "make".
+ Linux version 2.0.36 or above
+ FreeBSD 6.2 or later
+ Solaris x86 2.5 or later
+ NetBSD-current
+ Mac OS X 10.4 or later
+
+As Wine requires kernel-level thread support to run, only the operating
+systems mentioned above are supported. Other operating systems which
+support kernel threads may be supported in the future.
+
+Linux info:
+ While Linux 2.2.x should still work and Linux 2.0.x may still work
+ (older 2.0.x versions had thread-related crashes),
+ it's best to have a current kernel such as 2.4.x or 2.6.x.
+FreeBSD info:
+ Wine should build on FreeBSD 5.x, but versions before FreeBSD 6.2 will
+ generally not work properly.
+
+ More information can be found in the FreeBSD ports tree at
+ <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/emulators/wine/>.
-3. SETUP
+Solaris info:
+ You will most likely need to build Wine with the GNU toolchain
+ (gcc, gas, etc.). Warning : installing gas does *not* ensure that it
+ will be used by gcc. Recompiling gcc after installing gas or
+ symlinking cc, as and ld to the gnu tools is said to be necessary.
-Wine requires you to have a file /usr/local/etc/wine.conf (you can
-supply a different name when configuring wine) or a file called .winerc
-in your home directory.
+NetBSD info:
+ Make sure you have the USER_LDT, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM, and SYSVMSG options
+ turned on in your kernel.
-The format of this config file is just like a Windows .ini file.
-The file wine.ini contains a config file example.
+Mac OS X info:
+ You need Xcode 2.4 or later to build properly on x86.
-Here's an explanation of each section:
-* [drives]
+Supported file systems:
+ Wine should run on most file systems. However, Wine will fail to start
+ if umsdos is used for the /tmp directory. A few compatibility problems have
+ also been reported using files accessed through Samba. Also, as NTFS
+ can only be used safely with readonly access for now, we recommend against
+ using NTFS, as Windows programs need write access almost everywhere.
+ In case of NTFS files, copy over to a writable location.
-format: <driveletter> = <rootdirectory>
-default: none
+Basic requirements:
+ You need to have the X11 development include files installed
+ (called xlib6g-dev in Debian and XFree86-devel in Red Hat).
-This section is used to specify the root directory of each `dos'drive
-as Windows' applications require a dos/mswindows based diskdrive &
-directory scheme.
+Build tool requirements:
+ On x86 Systems gcc >= 2.7.2 is required.
+ Versions earlier than 2.7.2.3 may have problems when certain files
+ are compiled with optimization, often due to problems with header file
+ management.
-If you mounted your dos-partition as /dos and installed Microsoft Windows
-in c:\windows than you should specify c=/dos in the drives section.
+ Of course you also need "make" (most likely GNU make).
-* [wine]
+ You also need flex version 2.5 or later and bison.
-format: windows = <directory>
-default: c:\windows
+Optional support libraries:
+ Run ./configure --verbose to see the optional libraries that could
+ be used but aren't found on your system.
-Used to specify an different windows directory.
-format: system = <directory>
-default: c:\windows\system
+4. COMPILATION
-Used to specify an different system directory.
+In case you chose to not use wineinstall, run the following commands
+to build Wine:
-format: temp = <directory>
-default: c:\temp
+./configure
+make depend
+make
-Used to specify a directory where Windows applications can store temporary
-files.
+This will build the program "wine" and numerous support libraries/binaries.
+The program "wine" will load and run Windows executables.
+The library "libwine" ("Winelib") can be used to compile and link
+Windows source code under Unix.
-format: path = <directories separated by semi-colons>
-default: c:\windows;c:\windows\system
+To see compile configuration options, do ./configure --help.
-Used to specify the path which will be used to find executables and DLL's.
+To upgrade to a new release by using a patch file, first cd to the
+top-level directory of the release (the one containing this README
+file). Then do a "make clean", and patch the release with:
-format: symboltablefile = <filename>
-default: wine.sym
+ bunzip2 -c patch-file | patch -p1
-Used to specify the path and file name of the symbol table used by the
-built-in debugger.
+where "patch-file" is the name of the patch file (something like
+wine-0.9.x.diff.bz2). You can then re-run "./configure", and then
+run "make depend && make".
-* [serialports]
-format: com[12345678] = <devicename>
-default: none
+5. SETUP
-Used to specify the devices which are used as com1 - com8.
+Once Wine has been built correctly, you can do "make install"; this
+will install the wine executable, the Wine man page, and a few other
+needed files.
-* [parallelports]
+Don't forget to uninstall any conflicting previous Wine installation
+first. Try either "dpkg -r wine" or "rpm -e wine" or "make uninstall"
+before installing.
-format: lpt[12345678] = <devicename>
-default: none
+See the Support area at http://www.winehq.org/ for configuration
+hints.
-Used to specify the devices which are used as lpt1 - lpt8.
+In case of library loading errors
+(e.g. "Error while loading shared libraries: libntdll.so"), make sure
+to add the library path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig as root.
-* [spy]
-format: file = <filename or CON when logging to stdout>
-default: none
+6. RUNNING PROGRAMS
-used to specify the file which will be used as logfile.
+When invoking Wine, you may specify the entire path to the executable,
+or a filename only.
-format: exclude = <message names separated by semicolons>
-default: none
+For example: to run Solitaire:
-Used to specify which messages will be excluded from the logfile.
+ wine sol (using the search Path as specified in
+ wine sol.exe the config file to locate the file)
-format: include = <message names separated by semicolons>
-default: none
+ wine c:\\windows\\sol.exe (using DOS filename syntax)
-Used to specify which messages will be included in the logfile.
+ wine /usr/windows/sol.exe (using Unix filename syntax)
+ wine sol.exe /parameter1 -parameter2 parameter3
+ (calling program with parameters)
-4. RUNNING PROGRAMS
+Wine is not yet complete, so several programs may crash. In that crash
+you will be dropped into the debugger so that you can investigate and
+fix the problem. For more information on how to do this, please check
+the debugging section of the Wine Developer's Guide.
-When invoking Wine, you must specify the entire path to the executable,
-or a filename only.
-For example: to run Windows' solitaire:
+7. GETTING MORE INFORMATION
- wine sol (using the searchpath to locate the file)
- wine sol.exe
+WWW: A great deal of information about Wine is available from WineHQ at
+ http://www.winehq.org/ : various Wine Guides, application database,
+ bug tracking. This is probably the best starting point.
- wine c:\\windows\\sol.exe (using a dosfilename)
+FAQ: The Wine FAQ is located at http://www.winehq.org/FAQ
- wine /usr/windows/sol.exe (using a unixfilename)
+Usenet: You can discuss Wine-related issues and get help
+ on comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
-Note: the path of the file will also be added to the path when
- a full name is supplied on the commandline.
+Bugs: Report bugs to Wine Bugzilla at http://bugs.winehq.org
+ Please search the bugzilla database to check whether your
+ problem is already found before posting a bug report. You can
+ also post bug reports to comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
-Have a nice game of solitaire, but be careful. Emulation isn't perfect.
-So, occasionally it may crash.
+IRC: Online help is available at channel #WineHQ on irc.freenode.net.
+GIT: The current Wine development tree is available through GIT.
+ Go to http://www.winehq.org/site/git for more information.
-5. GETTING MORE INFORMATION
+Mailing lists:
+ There are several mailing lists for Wine users and developers;
+ see http://www.winehq.org/forums for more information.
-The best place to get help or to report bugs is the Usenet newsgroup
-comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. The Wine FAQ is posted there every
-month.
+Wiki: The Wine Wiki is located at http://wiki.winehq.org
-If you add something, or fix a bug, please send a patch to
-wine-new@amscons.com for inclusion in the next release.
+If you add something, or fix a bug, please send a patch (in 'diff -u'
+format) to wine-patches@winehq.org list for inclusion in the next
+release.
--
Alexandre Julliard
-julliard@lamisun.epfl.ch
+julliard@winehq.org