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WINE Support

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[Forgive me for such a noob question.  I'm not well versed in Linux and have never tried to use WINE.  That said...]

 

Will the RPi support an installation of WINE; specifically WINE running ContaCam?

 

I am interested in running ContaCam (http://www.contaware.com), a Security Serveillance application with motion detection, DVR, integrated web server, supporting webcams, WDM and DV, and IP cameras.  It's feature set is exactly what I need and I am familiar with the application.  I know ContaCam will run in WINE, but I have no idea if WINE will run on RPi and even if it will then are the resources required by ContaCam available.  When looking at Windows Task Manager, I see that ContaCam is taking about 65,000 K in resources.

 

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

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  • Interesting question.  I've seen a few folks asking if it will run Windows which it definately can not.  However, if their interest is to run a specific Windows app like you, then I could see how WINE could be a good solution.

     

    There is a developer VM that Russell Davis created which allows folks to get started building software for the Raspberry Pi on their x86 computers.  You might want to check it out and see if WINE is an available package for either of the existing RPi distros (the VM includes all 3).  If not, you can try to compile compile it in the VM.  Here's more info on the dev VM:

     

    http://www.element14.com/community/message/47127

     

    Cheers,

    Drew

  • in reply to fustini

    I know I'm going to have to go to the foot of my stairs and hang my head in shame, but I wonder if the Windows 8 Arm OS due out later this year would be capable of running on a Pi or similar.

  • in reply to bodgy

    No, Wine won't run - at all.  Wine only runs on x86 systems, it is not a processor emulator and cannot translate x86 code into Arm code, it only provides an alternative API implementation for Windows OS calls.

     

    No, Windows 8 won't run - at all.  MS only permit Win8 to run on Arm systems that are designed ONLY to run Win8 and which prevent any other OS being installed to replace it - clearly not the Raspberry Pi, then.

     

    The answer to both these questions is in http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs - sorry it's not the news you were hoping for, but no chance.

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  • in reply to bodgy

    No, Wine won't run - at all.  Wine only runs on x86 systems, it is not a processor emulator and cannot translate x86 code into Arm code, it only provides an alternative API implementation for Windows OS calls.

     

    No, Windows 8 won't run - at all.  MS only permit Win8 to run on Arm systems that are designed ONLY to run Win8 and which prevent any other OS being installed to replace it - clearly not the Raspberry Pi, then.

     

    The answer to both these questions is in http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs - sorry it's not the news you were hoping for, but no chance.

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