Wine & PlayOnBSD

[Grzegorz Junka]

On 01/01/2017 17:28, abi wrote:
>
> On 01.01.2017 18:28, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
>> I am using FreeBSD 10.3 x64. I understand that to run Windows 
>> applications on that configuration I can use only one of the following:
>>
>> 1. playonbsd-4.2.10_1
>> 2. wine-staging-2.0.r3_1,1
>> 3. i386-wine-staging-2.0.r3_1,1
>> 4. wine-devel-2.0.r3_1,1
>> 5. i386-wine-devel-2.0.r3_1,1
>> 6. wine-1.8.6,1
>> 7. i386-wine-1.8.6,1
>>
>> Currently I have installed playonbsd, which is good but it seems that 
>> not all applications I would like to install can be installed on it.
>>
>> Which one of those options would give me the most compatibility with 
>> office-type and multimedia applications (e.g. DVD player, SoftPhone, 
>> applications that access USB), not necessarily games?
>>
>> Should I prefer some of these ports over others for my x64 system?
>>
>> When switching from one port to another (e.g. wine to playonbsd) can 
>> I keep the currently installed Windows applications or I would need 
>> to reinstall any of the applications/libraries installed on the 
>> previous version?
>>
>> It seems that front-end ports (q4wine, swine) default to 4. from the 
>> list (wine-devel-2.0.r3_1,1). Is there any reason for that? Can they 
>> run without problems on a x64 system?
>>
>> Many thanks for any insights.
>
> Probably you need i386-wine-devel and emulators/winetricks
> playonbsd is a wrapper for wine. No need to use it at all, just get 
> installer for you program, create new wineprefix and install software 
> into it
>
> Personally, I make 1 wineprefix for 1 program (or program group ) with
> env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/ck2 wineboot
> sandbox it with winetricks if needed
> copy installer into $HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/ck2/drive_c/Distr
> env WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.local/share/wineprefixes/ck2 wine cmd
> navigate to Distr and run installer
>
> ck2 is example prefix for crusader kings II. I love Paradox games :P
>

Thank you for the tips. Any reason why I shouldn't be using the x64 
versions? And also, wasn't playonbsd designed to give a greater 
compatibility with Windows applications? What benefit is it to use 
playonbsd over normal wine with winetricks then? I mean, why is it in ports?
Greg