Date: 2025-02-12
Updated: 2025-02-13
Author: Erik Leth Danielsen

Winehq Winetricks

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Short
Wine is an acronym standing for Wine Is Not an Emulator
Wine is a windows machine running in a folder
The Default wine folder is /home/user/.wine,
there is no limit to the numberes of WINEPREFIXE's / wine Folders

Install Wine, there are 2 versions on Debian 12
1. install "wine/stable,stable 8.0~repack-4 all" This couldn't run directx 3D
sudo apt install wine 
2. install winehq-stable/stable,now 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 amd64 (Is alwayes the newest version) The one i'm using
sudo apt install winehq-stable

Create folder "/home/wine/npp" and install notepad++ with Wine
Install NPP:
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/npp wine /home/eld/Downloads/programs/npp.8.7.4.Installer.exe
Run NPP from the windows start menu:
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/npp wine start "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++.lnk"
Run uninstaller:
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/npp wine uninstaller


Other wayes to start npp:
WINEPREFIX="/home/wine/npp" wine "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++.lnk"
WINEPREFIX="/home/wine/npp" wine start 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++.lnk'
WINEPREFIX="/home/wine/npp" /opt/wine-stable/bin/wine "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++.lnk"
WINEPREFIX="/home/wine/npp" wine start /Unix /home/wine/npp/dosdevices/c:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start\ Menu/Programs/Notepad++.lnk
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX="/home/wine/npp" wine start 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++.lnk'
WINEDEBUG=warn+all WINEPREFIX="/home/wine/npp" wine start 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Notepad++.lnk'

Tools for controlling wine WINEPREFIX / Folder
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx winecfg //configurer folder xxx , add dll's
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine installation.exe //installer program in folder xxx:
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine regedit //run regedit for folder xxx
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine uninstaller //run uninstall folder xxx
Start Program:
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine start c:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start\ Menu/Programs/xxx/xxx.lnk
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine start /Unix /home/wine/xxx/dosdevices/c:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start\ Menu/Programs/xxx/xxx.lnk

Start other windows system applications
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine notepad.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine explorer.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine hh.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine notepad.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine regedit.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine rundll.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine winhelp.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine winhlp32.exe
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx wine "c:/Program Files/Windows NT/Accessories/wordpad.exe"

Winetricks is a program there can help setting up wine and run winecfg, regedit, uninstaller
WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx Winetricks //Run Wine Tricks
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=/home/wine/xxx winetricks mdac28 gdiplus corefonts //install 3 packages

List of wine packages on MY Debian 12
eld@deb12eld:~$ apt list wine*
Listing... Done
wine-binfmt/stable,stable 8.0~repack-4 all
wine-devel-amd64/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-devel-dbg/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-devel-dbg/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-devel-dev/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-devel-dev/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-devel-i386/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-devel/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-devel/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-stable-amd64/stable,now 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
wine-stable-dbg/stable 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-stable-dbg/stable 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 i386
wine-stable-dev/stable 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-stable-dev/stable 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 i386
wine-stable-i386/stable,now 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 i386 [installed,automatic]
wine-stable/stable,now 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
wine-stable/stable 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 i386
wine-staging-amd64/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-staging-dbg/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-staging-dbg/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-staging-dev/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-staging-dev/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-staging-i386/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine-staging/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
wine-staging/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
wine32-preloader/stable 8.0~repack-4 i386
wine32-tools/stable 8.0~repack-4 i386
wine32/stable 8.0~repack-4 i386
wine64-preloader/stable 8.0~repack-4 amd64
wine64-tools/stable 8.0~repack-4 amd64
wine64/stable 8.0~repack-4 amd64
wine/stable,stable 8.0~repack-4 all
winehq-devel/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
winehq-devel/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
winehq-stable/stable,now 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 amd64 [installed]
winehq-stable/stable 10.0.0.0~bookworm-1 i386
winehq-staging/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 amd64
winehq-staging/stable 10.1~bookworm-1 i386
eld@deb12eld:~$ 

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Sources
Winetricks: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Winetricks