How should I install WineHQ?

General system Newbie
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Hello,

After installing Flatpack/Flathub I need to install now ‘wineHQ’ but I get a lot of options, in the output, and I don’t know what to do … Any comments, suggestions?:

[keos@keos-aspirea31558 ~]$ flatpak search winehq
Nombre  Descripción                              ID de aplicación         Versión Rama         Remotos
Mono    .NET Framework implementation for Wine … org.winehq.Wine.mono             stable-23.08 flathub
Mono    .NET Framework implementation for Wine … org.winehq.Wine.mono             stable-22.08 flathub
Mono    .NET Framework implementation for Wine … org.winehq.Wine.mono             stable-21.08 flathub
Gecko   Web engine for Wine based on Mozilla Ge… org.winehq.Wine.gecko            stable-23.08 flathub
Gecko   Web engine for Wine based on Mozilla Ge… org.winehq.Wine.gecko            stable-22.08 flathub
Gecko   Web engine for Wine based on Mozilla Ge… org.winehq.Wine.gecko            stable-21.08 flathub
DXVK    Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3… …g.winehq.Wine.DLLs.dxvk 2.4.1   stable-23.08 flathub
DXVK    Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3… …g.winehq.Wine.DLLs.dxvk 2.3.1   stable-22.08 flathub
DXVK    Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3… …g.winehq.Wine.DLLs.dxvk 1.10.3  stable-21.08 flathub
Wine    Windows compatibility layer              org.winehq.Wine          9.0     stable-24.08 flathub
Wine    Windows compatibility layer              org.winehq.Wine          9.0     stable-23.08 flathub
Wine    Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD,… org.winehq.Wine          8.0.2   stable-22.08 flathub
Wine    Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD,… org.winehq.Wine          7.0     stable-21.08 flathub
WineZG… Wine GUI using Zenity                    …ub.fastrizwaan.WineZGUI 0.99.13 stable       flathub
[keos@keos-aspirea31558 ~]$ flatpak install flathub winehq
Buscando coincidencias…
Se encontraron refs. similares de «winehq» en el remoto «flathub» (system):

   1) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.mono/x86_64/stable-24.08
   2) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.gecko/x86_64/stable-23.08
   3) app/org.winehq.Wine/x86_64/stable-22.08
   4) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.gecko/x86_64/stable-24.08
   5) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.DLLs.dxvk/x86_64/stable-21.08
   6) app/org.winehq.Wine/x86_64/stable-23.08
   7) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.DLLs.dxvk/x86_64/stable-22.08
   8) app/org.winehq.Wine/x86_64/stable-24.08
   9) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.DLLs.dxvk/x86_64/stable-23.08
  10) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.mono/x86_64/stable-21.08
  11) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.mono/x86_64/stable-22.08
  12) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.gecko/x86_64/stable-21.08
  13) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.mono/x86_64/stable-23.08
  14) runtime/org.winehq.Wine.gecko/x86_64/stable-22.08
  15) app/org.winehq.Wine/x86_64/stable-21.08

¿Cuál quiere usar (0 para abortar)? [0-15]:

Thank you very much for any advice,

Best regards

2

I’ld stick to usual arc packages instead of flatpaks.

3

And if you were in my case, what would you do?:

4

As I’ve suggested in the other thread. Install a minimal Windows VM for these purposes, either VirtualBox or even VMware which is free for personal usages.

5

What could I do, who is not an expert, solve by ‘playing around’ with the virtual machine? – I need to know what to do in this case to try to install winehq.

Thanks

6

With a VM, which is providing a native windows environment, you won’t have these issues of running windows software emulated by wine within the linux environment.

Another option would be to search for software alternatives which are available on linux natively.

7

With a VM, which is providing a native windows environment, you won’t have these issues of …

NO. But then I would have another “issue” like learning how to configure the VM, which is impossible for me – I find all of them incomprehensibles.

Another option would be to search for software alternatives which are available on linux natively.

I see, I see … you don’t offer any practical solution, so let’s close the case.

8

Give this one a try, it looks like the most recent version and is not just the runtime.

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1093i3511 did give you solutions and they were good ones IMO. You seem to want the process to be easy, which isn’t always the case with Linux. Practical is in the eyes of the beholder.