On 8/27/26 7:28 AM, Joe wrote:
It's extremely mature, it is just trying to do the impossible job of
keeping up with the enormously changing versions of Windows. wine has
been around since Windows 98.
even simple winxp's wordpad doesn't work, it might require manual
loading of dll?
How can wine contain Windows libraries? They are all closed-source
copyrighted software. You must find and install any dependencies
yourself, from the same licensed copy of Windows that the application
comes from. 'mfc42' tells you that there are many versions of this
library.
it is immature because it can't auto-load needed libraries though
Windows system is installed at /mnt/win
and it doesn't offer useful hint when error occurs
in comparison, apt hint running "apt update" when some files can't be
retrieved during installation.
i have been able to access winehq.org, it suggest i change directory
before running "wine wordpad.exe", which might help locate libraries,
but it doesn't help
my goal is running stock trading app, not wordpad. i expect more
challenges and difficulties
my need for wine isn't strong, i shall abandon wine and use Windows
instead, Thanks anyway!
