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How to Install Wine on openSUSE Tumbleweed

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This document explains how to install 64-bit Wine that supports executing 64-bit and 32-bit Windows apps. You can choose either Wine Development or Wine Staging.

The new Wine WOW64 is also available. These are versions of Wine Development and Wine Staging which allow both 64-bit and 32-bit applications to run on a pure Wine 64-bit build, with no need for 32-bit libraries (such as multilib). See Arch Linux's Announcement and Potential IssuesNew Window Icon

Download and install the openSUSE Wine repository key

Open a Terminal window and download the repository key.

> wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/repodata/repomd.xml.key

Install the key.

> sudo rpm --import repomd.xml.key

Add the openSUSE Tumbleweed Wine repository

> sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/Emulators:Wine.repo

Update the package database

> sudo zypper refresh

Install wine

The next command will install Wine Development, accompanied by Wine Mono, Wine Gecko, and Winetricks, on 64-bit hardware.

If you prefer Wine Staging, replace wine by wine-staging.

For Wine WOW64, replace wine by wine-wow64 or wine-staging-wow64.

> sudo zypper install wine

Verify the installation

> wine --version

Configure SELinux for Wine

SELinuxNew Window Icon is a Linux kernel security module. For Wine to function, certain SELinux security features need to be relaxed. The next command makes the necessary adjustment. For more information and security implications, see selinux-policy-targeted-gamingNew Window Icon.

> sudo zypper install selinux-policy-targeted-gaming

Remote file
content-configure-test-windowsapps.html
does not exist.


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