The default architecture of a WINEPREFIX will be 64Bit meaning 32Bit and 64Bit applications & games are supported but that's not always ideal for several reasons.Ī new WINEPREFIX can be created and also setting WINEARCH You can override this by using the WINEPREFIX command
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The default WINEPREFIX will be ~/.wine so anything you install will be placed into the hidden ~/.wine folder. The above is the Winehq way to install wine on mac but that makes it cumbersome to use considering you must launch the Wine Stable, Wine Devel or Wine Staging app each time to get access to wine within Terminal Wine basics If your intention is to have a more stable environment use wine-stableĬurrenty WIP macOS packages are not uploaded to Winehq, those can be downloaded from here Grab a wine package usually using the latest wine-devel is recommended, but most agree it's best to use the latest wine-staging due to additional patches. How to manually install wine on mac using Winehq releases The -no-quarantine command is required as homebrew by default adds the quarantine flag to downloaded casks, this causes Gatekeeper to treat the bundle as damaged. Only a single wine package can be installed using brew The above command will install the most recent wine-staging pkg available on winehq but it will also add wine for use in Terminal meaning you no longer need to launch the installed Wine Staging app each time you want to access wine. Brew install -cask -no-quarantine wine-staging