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INTRODUCTION
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This document attempts to establish guidelines for people making binary
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packages of Wine.
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It expresses the basic principles that the Wine developers have agreed
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should be used when building Wine. It also attempts to highlight the areas
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where there are different approaches to packaging Wine, so that the packager
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can understand the different alternatives that have been considered and their
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rationales.
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TERMS
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There are several terms and paths used in this document as place holders
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for configurable values. Those terms are described here.
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* WINEPREFIX: is the user's Wine configuration directory.
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This is almost always ~/.wine, but can be overridden by
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the user by setting the WINEPREFIX environment variable.
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* PREFIX: is the prefix used when selecting an installation target.
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The current default is /usr/local. This results in binary
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installation into /usr/local/bin, library installation into
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/usr/local/wine/lib, and so forth.
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This value can be overridden by the packager. In fact, FHS 2.2
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(http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) specifications suggest that a better
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prefix is /opt/wine. Ideally, a packager would also allow the
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installer to override this value.
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* WINDOWSDIR: is an important concept to Wine. This directory specifies
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what directory corresponds to the root Windows directory
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(e.g. C:\WINDOWS). This directory is specified by the user, in
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their registry settings. Generally speaking, this directory
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is either set to point at an empty directory, or it is set to point
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at a Windows partition that has been mounted through the vfat driver.
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NOTE: It is extremely important that the packager understand the
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importance of WINDOWSDIR and convey this information and
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choice to the end user.
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DEPENDENCIES
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There are two types of dependencies: hard and soft dependencies.
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A hard dependency must be available at runtime for Wine to function,
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if compiled into the code. Soft dependencies on the other hand
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will degrade gracefully at runtime if unavailable on the runtime system.
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Ideally, we should eliminate all hard dependencies in favor of
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soft dependencies.
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To enable a soft dependency, it must be available at compile time.
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As a packager, please do your best to make sure that as many soft
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dependencies are available during compilation. Failing to have a
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soft dependency available means that users cannot benefit
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from a Wine capability.
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Here is a list of the soft dependencies. We suggest packagers
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install each and every last of those before building the package.
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These libraries are not dependencies in the RPM sense. In DEB packages,
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they should appear as "Suggests" or "Recommends", as the case may be.
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* FreeType: http://www.freetype.org
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This library is used for direct rendering of fonts. It provides
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better support of fonts than using the X11 fonts engine. It is
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only needed for the X11 back end engine. Used from GDI.
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* fontforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fontforge/
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Used by WINE to create our own set of TrueType fonts during build.
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* fontconfig
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Used to find TrueType fonts for rendering with freetype. Used by
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GDI.
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* Alsa: http://sourceforge.net/projects/alsa (Linux only)
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This library gives sound support to the Windows environment.
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* JACK: http://jackit.sourceforge.net
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Similar to Alsa, it allow Wine to use the JACK audio server.
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* CUPS: http://www.cups.org
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This library allows Windows to see CUPS defined printers. Used
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by WINEPS and WINSPOOL.
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* OpenGL
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This is used for both OpenGL and Direct3D (and some other
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DirectX functions as well) support in Wine. There are many many
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libraries for providing this functionality. It is enough for one
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of them to be available when compiling Wine. Wine can work with
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any other library during runtime.
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If no library is available, packagers are encouraged to compile
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Wine with Mesa3D (http://www.mesa3d.org), which requires no
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hardware support to install.
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* OpenLDAP: http://www.openldap.org
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Used by WLDAP32 to implement LDAP support.
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* LittleCMS: http://www.littlecms.com
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This library is used to implement MSCMS (Color Management System)
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which is needed by an increasing number of graphics applications.
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* libjpeg
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This library is used to load JPEG files within OLE automation.
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* libungif or gif_lib
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One of these two libraries is used to load GIF files within OLE
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automation.
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* ICU
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Used for bidirectional character output. Linked statically, used
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by GDI.
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* sane
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Used for basic scanner support in our TWAIN32 library.
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* openssl
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Used for some cryptographic support in ADVAPI32.
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* Xrandr, Xrender, Xi, Xext
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X11 extension libraries used by the x11drv.
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Xrandr - resolution switching
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Xrender - client side font rendering
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Xi - X Input handling (for asian input methods mostly)
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Xext - X extensions
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* libxml2, libxslt
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These two libraries are used for our msxml3.dll implementation.
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* prelink
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Used during build to locate WINE at a specific virtual address.
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* capi4linux
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Used to implement our capi2032.dll.
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GOALS
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An installation from a Wine package should:
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* Install quickly and simply:
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The initial installation should require no user input. An
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'rpm -i wine.rpm' or 'apt-get install wine'
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should suffice for initial installation.
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* Work quickly and simply:
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The user should be able to launch Solitaire within seconds
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of downloading the Wine package.
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* Comply with File system Hierarchy Standard
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A Wine installation should, as much as possible, comply
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with the FHS standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/).
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* Preserve flexibility
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None of the flexibility built into Wine should
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be hidden from the end user.
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* Easy configuration
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Come as preconfigured as possible, so the user does
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not need to change any configuration files.
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* Small footprint
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Use only as much disk space as needed per user.
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* Reduce support requirements.
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A packaged version of Wine should be sufficiently easy to use and
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have quick and easy access to FAQs and documentation such that
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requests to the newsgroup and development group go down.
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Further, it should be easy for users to capture good bug reports.
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REQUIREMENTS
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Successfully installing Wine requires:
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* Install of the .rpm or .deb package.
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* No longer: Preparing a fake windows setup.
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If WINEPREFIX is not present, wine will generate a setup
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by itself by calling wineprefixcreate.
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This will load all default registry entries, and register dlls
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where necessary. A special "wine.inf" file is provided with
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the WINE sources and installed to /usr/share/wine/.
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WINE COMPONENTS
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* Executable Files
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- notepad : The windows Notepad replacement.
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- progman : A Program Manager replacement.
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- regedit : A graphical tool to edit your registry or for
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importing a windows registry to Wine.
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- regsvr32 : A program to register/unregister .DLL and .OCX files.
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Only works on those dlls that can self-register.
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- taskmgr : A clone of the windows taskmgr, used for debugging and
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managing running Windows and Winlib processes.
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- uninstaller: A program to uninstall installed Windows programs.
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Like the Add/Remove Program in the windows control panel.
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- wcmd : Wine's command line interpreter, a cmd.exe replacement.
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- widl : Wine IDL compiler compiles (MS-RPC and DCOM) Interface
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Definition Language files.
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- wine : The main Wine executable. This program will load a Windows
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binary and run it, relying upon the Wine shared object libraries.
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- wineboot : This program is executed on startup of the first wine
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process of a particular user.wineboot won't automatically run
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when needed. Currently you have to manually run it after you
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install something.
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- winebuild : Winebuild is a tool used for building Winelib applications
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(and by Wine itself) to allow a developer to compile a .spec file
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into a .spec.c file.
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- wineconsole : Render the output of CUI programs.
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- winedbg : A application making use of the debugging API to allow
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debugging of Wine or Winelib applications as well as Wine itself
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(kernel and all DLLs).
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- winedump : Dumps the imports and exports of NE and PE files.
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- winefile : A clone of the win3x file manager.
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- winegcc/wineg++: Wrappers for gcc/g++ respectively, to make them behave
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as MinGW's gcc. Used for porting apps over to Winelib.
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- winemaker : Winemaker is a perl script which is designed to help you
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bootstrap the conversion of your Windows projects to Winelib.
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- winemine : A clone of "Windows Minesweeper" a demo WineLib app.
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- winepath : A tool for converting between Windows paths and Unix paths
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- wineserver : The Wine server is the process that manages resources,
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coordinates threads, and provides synchronization and interprocess
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communication primitives to Wine processes.
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- wineshelllink : This shell script can be called by Wine in order to
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propagate Desktop icon and menu creation requests out to a
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GNOME or KDE (or other Window Managers).
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- winewrap : Takes care of linking winelib applications. Linking with
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Winelib is a complex process, winewrap makes it simple.
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- winhelp : A Windows Help replacement.
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- wmc : Wine Message Compiler it allows Windows message files to be
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compiled into a format usable by Wine.
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- wrc : the Wine Resource Compiler. A clone of Microsoft's rc.
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* Shared Object Library Files
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To obtain a current list of DLLs, run:
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ls dlls/*.so
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it the root of the Wine _build_ tree, after a successful build.
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* Man Pages
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To obtain a current list of man files that need to be installed, run:
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find . -name "*.man"
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it the root of the Wine _build_ tree, after you have run ./configure.
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* Include Files
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An up to date list of includes can be found in the include/Makefile.in
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file.
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* Documentation files
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After building the documentation with:
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cd documentation; make html
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install all the files from: wine-user/, wine-devel/ and winelib-user/.
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* Dynamic Wine Files
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Wine also generates and depends on a number of dynamic
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files, including user configuration files and registry files.
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At the time of this writing, there was not a clear
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consensus of where these files should be located, and how
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they should be handled. This section attempts
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to explain the alternatives clearly.
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- PREFIX/share/wine.inf
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This is the global Wine setup information file
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in the format of a MS Installer .INF file.
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* Registry Files
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In order to replicate the Windows registry system,
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Wine stores registry entries in a series of files.
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For an excellent overview of this issue, read this
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http://www.winehq.org/News/2000-25.html#FTR
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Wine Weekly News feature.
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The bottom line is that, at Wine server startup,
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Wine loads all registry entries into memory
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to create an in memory image of the registry.
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The order of files which Wine uses to load
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registry entries is extremely important,
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as it affects what registry entries are
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actually present. The order is roughly that
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.dat files from a Windows partition are loaded,
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and then finally local registry settings are
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loaded from WINEPREFIX. As each set are loaded,
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they can override the prior entries. Thus,
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the local registry files take precedence.
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Then, at exit (or at periodic intervals),
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Wine will write either all registry entries
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(or, with the default setting) changed
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registry entries to files in the WINEPREFIX.
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- WINEPREFIX/system.reg
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This file contains the user's local copy of the
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive. In general use, it will
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contain only changes made to the default registry values.
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- WINEPREFIX/user.reg
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This file contains the user's local copy of the
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HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE registry hive. In general use, it will
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contain only changes made to the default registry values.
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- WINEPREFIX/userdef.reg
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This file contains the user's local copy of the
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HKEY_USERS\.Default registry hive. In general use, it will
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contain only changes made to the default registry values.
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- WINEPREFIX/cachedmetrics.[display]
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This file contains font metrics for the given X display.
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Generally, this cache is generated once at Wine start time.
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cachedmetrics can be generated if absent.
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You should note this can take a long time.
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* Important Files from a Windows Partition
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Wine has the ability to use files from an installation of the
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actual Microsoft Windows operating system. Generally these
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files are loaded on a VFAT partition that is mounted under Linux.
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This is probably the most important configuration detail.
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The use of Windows registry and DLL files dramatically alters the
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behavior of Wine. If nothing else, packagers have to make this
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distinction clear to the end user, so that they can intelligently
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choose their configuration.
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- WINDOWSDIR/system32/system.dat
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- WINDOWSDIR/system32/user.dat
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- WINDOWSDIR/win.ini
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* Windows Dynamic Link Libraries (WINDOWSDIR/system32/*.dll)
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Wine has the ability to use the actual Windows DLL files
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when running an application. An end user can configure
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Wine so that Wine uses some or all of these DLL files
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when running a given application.
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PACKAGING STRATEGIES
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There has recently been a lot of discussion on the Wine development
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mailing list about the best way to build Wine packages.
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There was a lot of discussion, and several diverging points of view.
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This section of the document attempts to present the areas of common
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agreement, and also to present the different approaches advocated on
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the mailing list.
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* Distribution of Wine into packages
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The most basic question to ask is given the Wine CVS tree,
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what physical files are you, the packager, going to produce?
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Are you going to produce only a wine.rpm, or are you going to
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produce 6 Debian files (libwine, libwine-dev, wine, wine-doc,
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wine-utils and winesetuptk) as Ove has done?
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At this point, common practice is to adopt to the conventions
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of the targeted distribution.
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Also, experience shows that you should not create a huge set
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of packages, since later upgrades and obsoleting will be
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painful.
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* Where to install files
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This question is not really contested. It will vary
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by distribution, and is really up to the packager.
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As a guideline, the current 'make install' process
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seems to behave such that if we pick a single PREFIX then:
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- binary files go into PREFIX/bin
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- library files go into PREFIX/lib/wine
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- include files go into PREFIX/include/wine
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- man pages go into PREFIX/share/man
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- documentation files go into PREFIX/share/doc/wine-VERSION
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You might also want to use the wine wrapper script winelauncher
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that can be found in tools/ directory, as it has several important
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advantages over directly invoking the wine binary.
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See the Executable Files section for details.
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* The question of /opt/wine
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The FHS 2.2 specification suggests that Wine as a package
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should be installed to /opt/wine. None of the existing packages
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follow this guideline (today; check again tomorrow).
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(Since most are upgrades of the distro packages, this is still
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on the safe side I think - Marcus Meissner)
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* What files to create
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After installing the static and shareable files, the next
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question the packager needs to ask is how much dynamic
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configuration will be done, and what configuration
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files should be created.
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The best current approach to this is:
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- Leave it alone and make a "wineprefixcreate" call available
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to the user via a menu item or similar.
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- Setup a fake windows setup automatically.
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This is done by simply calling wineprefixcreate,
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which will setup a fake windows root for the user.
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If no arguments are passed, defaults will be
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assumed for WINEPREFIX (~/.wine) and similar
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variables.
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After this, WINE is immediately usable by the
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end user.
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- Others might be possible.
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IMPLEMENTATION
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This section discusses the implementation of a Red Hat 8.0 .spec file.
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For a current .spec file, please refer to any one of the existing SRPMs.
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1. Building the package
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Wine is configured the usual way (depending on your build environment).
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The PREFIX is chosen using your application placement policy
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(/usr/, /usr/X11R6/, /opt/wine/, or similar). The configuration files
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(wine.userreg, wine.systemreg) are targeted for /etc/wine/
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(rationale: FHS 2.2, multiple read only configuration files of a package).
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Example (split this into %build and %install section for rpm:
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CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R6 --sysconfdir=/etc/wine/ --enable-dll
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make
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BR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
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make install prefix=$BR/usr/X11R6/ sysconfdir=$BR/etc/wine/
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You will need to package the files:
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$prefix/bin/wine*
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$prefix/lib/libwine*
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$prefix/lib/wine/*,
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$prefix/share/wine/wine.inf
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$prefix/man/man1/wine.1
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$prefix/include/wine/*
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$prefix/bin/notepad
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$prefix/bin/progman
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$prefix/bin/regedit
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$prefix/bin/rundll32
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$prefix/bin/regsvr32
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$prefix/bin/wcmd
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$prefix/bin/widl
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$prefix/bin/winhelp
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%config /etc/wine/*
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%doc ... choose from the top level directory and documentation/
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2. Installing Wine for the system administrator
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Install the package using the usual packager 'rpm -i wine.rpm'.
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Adapting the $prefix/share/wine/wine.inf file used by wineprefixcreate is not
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necessary.
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Note that on Linux you should somehow try to add the unhide mount option
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(see 'man mount') to the CD-ROM entry in /etc/fstab during package install,
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as several stupid Windows programs mark some setup (!) files as hidden
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(ISO9660) on CD-ROMs, which will greatly confuse users as they won't find
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their setup files on the CD-ROMs as they were used on Windows systems when
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unhide is not set ;-\ And of course the setup program will complain
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that setup.ins or some other mess is missing... If you choose to do so,
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then please make this change verbose to the admin.
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Also make sure that the kernel you use includes the Joliet CD-ROM support,
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for the very same reasons as given above (no long filenames due to missing
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Joliet, files not found).
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3. Installing Wine for the user
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If no standard wine prefix was setup, the first call to wine will
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create one for the user.
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So the user can just click on any setup.exe file and it will work
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out of the box.
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AUTHORS
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Written in 1999 by Marcus Meissner <marcus@jet.franken.de>
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Updated in 2000 by Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
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Updated in 2002 by Andreas Mohr <andi@rhlx01.fht-esslingen.de>
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Updated in 2003 by Tom Wickline <twickline2@triad.rr.com>
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Updated in 2003 by Dimitrie O. Paun <dpaun@rogers.com>
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Updated in 2004,2005 by Marcus Meissner <marcus@jet.franken.de>
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